laser-lovers@uw-beaver (03/20/85)
From: (Bill Johnston [csam]) johnston@lbl-csam Thanks for the responses on Script, they are summarized below. Since a number of people asked, the reason for wanting Script capability is due to an administrative requirement to support Script, and a desire by some technical people to use TeX and troff. $ will permit only one output device. - Bill Johnston ------------------------------- From: KRAMER <billk%udel-cc-vax2.delaware@UDEL-LOUIE.ARPA> In reply to you note in Laser.Lovers, IBM script does work with the IBM 6670 laser printer (we had one and got rid of it) and the Xerox 2700 printer. I do not know the exact method of interface with the 2700 but I do know the printer features (fonts, boxes, etc) are directly supported. I was also told by the Script support person the Imagen laser printers are also supported. Script itself is closest to Scribe, certainly less flexible than TeX. ------------------------------- Bill-- Script and the rest of the world don't match. There IS an Impress Script driver from Waterloo--try contacting Bruce Uttley there. But you won't find much else, mostly because Script is really only capable of using a few fonts of a few sizes. ------------------------------- From: Lee Moore <lee@rochester.arpa> Well, IBM sells the 6670 laser printer which works with Script. We eventually dumped our 6670 and got a Xerox 9700. There is a Script to 9700 converter from (I believe) U. of Chicago. ------------------------------- From: Mike Caplinger <mike@rice.ARPA> The local campus computer center uses a Xerox 2700 to print Script output. The typical limitations of the 2700 (small memory, stupid font downloading scheme) apply, but many people are happy with it. Script apparently now has hooks for at least that level of typesetting capability (about daisywheel level); when I used it several years ago, it was for lineprinters with TN trains. You might mail to farrell@tethys.ARPA for a little more info; he is one of the people that runs the IBM shop. Oh yes, what does Script look like? Basically, it's a troff-like thing. No block structure, commands of the form .pp, and so forth. It's a bit more capable than raw troff, and rather easier to use, since the command format is a bit more regular. ------------------------------- From: Bruce Bon <BON@JPL-ROBOTICS.ARPA> I make no claim to be an expert in such things, but I have used IBM Script as well as RunOff and similar text formatters. I've never used TeX. Script is the most tedious, complex text formatter I have ever used! It allows you to do many things, although probably not nearly as much as TeX, but it is impractical for occasional use because of all the detail that you have to remember in order to use it......
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (03/21/85)
From: Alan Crosswell <US.ALAN%CU20B@COLUMBIA.ARPA> In your script summary, I didn't see any mention of the Waterloo Script support for the X9700 done by Dick Damons of Brown University. Rather than a converter from an already known Script output device type to 9700 format, Dick simply added an X9700 driver to Script. At a minimum, it supports the Century Schoolbook Mergenthaler font (available for extra $$ from Xerox). I've seen the output and was very impressed. I believe Dick's driver is now in the standard Waterloo distribution. /a PS: My apologies for not sending this in response to your original posting which I must have missed. -------