This function does not appear to be "officially documented" so I don't want to remove the warning from below. However over at zevils I've seen the following man page for this function:

NAME

dviprint - dvipsR wrapper for LyX

SYNOPSIS

dviprint [<dvips arguments>?

DESCRIPTION

dviprint is a wrapper around dvips(1) that adjusts the destination file and printer arguments (-o and -P) to handle variations in install configurations (e. g., whether dvips sends its output directly to a printer or writes to a file). It is part of the Debian packaging of the LyX editor.

SEE ALSO

dvips(1), lyx(1)

This doesn't appear to be a very successful program however. It is very similar to dvips (which works nicely) except that it appears to ignore any configuration that dvips may have. From the script

1. This script prints a dvi file using dvips regardless of the actual
2. configuration of dvips.

In particular it references /usr/lib/texmf/dvips which is presumably where the dvips configuration was once upon a time. It's certainly not there on my vanilla install boxes. Probably should be /etc/texmf/dvips.

UNDOCUMENTED

UNDOCUMENTED

NAME
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
THANKS

NAME

undocumented - No manpage for this program, utility or function.

DESCRIPTION

This program, utility or function does not have a useful manpage. Please do not report this as a bug, because this has already been reported as a bug; when a manpage becomes available it will be included, and the bug report closed http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ contact the package maintainer in order to avoid several people working on the same manpage.

Try the following options if you want more information.

foo --help, foo -h, foo -?

info foo

whatis foo, apropos foo

check directories /usr/share/doc/foo, /usr/lib/foo

dpkg --listfiles foo, dpkg --search foo

locate 'foo'

find / -name 'foo'

The documentation might be in a package starting with the same name as the package the software belongs to, but ending with -doc or -docs.

If you still didn't find the information you are looking for you might consider posting a call for help to debian-user@lists.debian.org.

SEE ALSO

info(1), whatis(1), apropos(1), dpkg(1), locate(1), find(1), updatedb(1), undocumented(2).

AUTHOR

Erick Branderhorst

THANKS

Kai Henningsen, Ian Jackson, David H. Silber, Carl Streeter.