I'm not sure if this is news or not, but I have not noticed a similar post. Autodesk has released a dwg viewer and printer called dwg TrueView which you can download from their fortress, er, website for free. At least in the monetary sense...
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6703485
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http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6703485
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