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diff --git a/tex/context/base/mkiv/back-mps.lua b/tex/context/base/mkiv/back-mps.lua
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+if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['back-mps'] = {
+    version   = 1.001,
+    comment   = "companion to lpdf-ini.mkiv",
+    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
+    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
+    license   = "see context related readme files"
+}
+
+-- The basics are the same as the lua variant.
+
+local formatters = string.formatters
+local bpfactor   = number.dimenfactors.bp
+
+local buffer = { }
+local b      = 0
+
+local function reset()
+    buffer = { }
+    b      = 0
+end
+
+local function initialize(specification)
+    reset()
+end
+
+local function finalize()
+end
+
+local function fetch()
+    local saved = buffer
+    reset()
+    return saved
+end
+
+local function flushcharacter(current, pos_h, pos_v, pod_r, font, char)
+    b = b + 1 ; buffer[b] = { "glyph", font, char, pos_h, pos_v, pos_r }
+end
+
+local function flushrule(current, pos_h, pos_v, pod_r, size_h, size_v)
+    b = b + 1 ; buffer[b] = { "rule", size_h, size_v, pos_h, pos_v, pos_r }
+end
+
+drivers.install {
+    name    = "mps",
+    actions = {
+        initialize = initialize,
+        finalize   = finalize,
+        fetch      = fetch,
+        reset      = reset,
+    },
+    flushers = {
+        character = flushcharacter,
+        rule      = flushrule,
+    }
+}
+
+if not mp then
+    return
+end
+
+local mpprint = mp.print
+
+local f_glyph = formatters[ [[draw textext.drt("\setfontid%i\relax\char%i\relax") shifted (%N,%N);]] ]
+local f_rule  = formatters[ [[fill unitsquare xscaled %N yscaled %N shifted (%N,%N);]] ]
+
+local current = nil
+local size    = 0
+
+function mp.place_buffermake(box)
+    drivers.convert("mps",box)
+    current = drivers.action("mps","fetch")
+    size    = #current
+end
+
+function mp.place_buffersize()
+    mpprint(size)
+end
+
+function mp.place_bufferslot(i)
+    if i > 0 and i <= size then
+        local b = buffer[i]
+        local t = b[1]
+        if t == "glyph" then
+            mpprint(f_glyph(b[2],b[3],b[4]*bpfactor,b[5]*bpfactor))
+        elseif t == "rule" then
+            mpprint(f_rule(b[2]*bpfactor,b[3]*bpfactor,b[4]*bpfactor,b[5]*bpfactor))
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function mp.place_bufferwipe()
+    current = nil
+    size    = 0
+end