tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) (11/19/86)
My old man has an HP Laserjet+ which he uses as
a kind of quiet letter quality printer with his
IBM PC/XT. I am constantly suggesting that he get
a Macintosh instead to do his technical document
preparation. My question is, has anyone used a
Laserjet with a MAC? Could he get the same wonderful
kind of WYSIWYG output with a Laserjet as he could
get with a Laser printer from Apple?
Any help on this would be GREATLY appreciated.
This is your chance to be a hero.
Tom Gross
Apollo Computer, Inc.
Chelmsford, MAkg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) (11/21/86)
In article <3166b415.2a75@apollo.uucp>, tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) writes: > My old man has an HP Laserjet+ ... with his IBM PC/XT. > I am constantly suggesting that he get a Macintosh instead > to do his technical document preparation. Have you ever considered using TROFF with the LaserJet on the IBM-PC? It's cheaper than buying a whole new computer. Elan (my company) sells TROFF (and the DWB tools) for MS-DOS (yes, MS-DOS) for the LaserJet. Elan Computer Group, 260 Alta Vista Ave., Los Altos, CA (415) 948-8193 -- Ken Greer {hplabs,bnrmtv}!elan!kg
rusty@weyl.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) (11/22/86)
In article <242@elan.UUCP> kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) writes: >In article <3166b415.2a75@apollo.uucp>, tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) writes: >> My old man has an HP Laserjet+ ... with his IBM PC/XT. >> I am constantly suggesting that he get a Macintosh instead >> to do his technical document preparation. > >Have you ever considered using TROFF with the LaserJet on the IBM-PC? >It's cheaper than buying a whole new computer. Elan (my company) sells >TROFF (and the DWB tools) for MS-DOS (yes, MS-DOS) for the LaserJet. Why be so low tech and use troff? Troff is so non-state-of-the-art. TeX is a much better choice for technical document preparation; it has a lot more going for it. As far as I'm concerned, the only reason to use troff is because you can't get TeX for your machine (less and less likely these days). -------------------------------------- rusty c. wright rusty@weyl.berkeley.edu ucbvax!weyl!rusty
bruce@ektools.UUCP (Bruce D. Nelson ) (11/25/86)
A product exists to connect the MAC to a HP LaserJet. It's called
Laserstart from:
SoftStyle, Inc.
7192 Kalanianaole Hwy. Suite 205
Honolulu, Hawaii 96825
(808) 396-6368
The product includes a printer driver which you install on your MAC
disk, and a printer cable. It sells for $95.
No endorsement of this product is intended or implied. I am posting this
only as a possible solution this request. All usual disclaimers apply.
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ARPA: kodak!ektools!bruce@rochester.ARPAmfp@twitch.UUCP (12/03/86)
In article <398@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> rusty@weyl.Berkeley.EDU (Rusty Wright) writes: > >Why be so low tech and use troff? Troff is so non-state-of-the-art. >TeX is a much better choice for technical document preparation; it has >a lot more going for it. As far as I'm concerned, the only reason to >use troff is because you can't get TeX for your machine (less and less >likely these days). > Where do we get Tex? I've never (cringe) heard of it. -- Mark F. Pyfer AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ ...ihnp4!twitch!mfp