sverre@fesk.UUCP (Sverre Froyen) (08/16/88)
From article <171@rocky8.rockefeller.edu>, by edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu (David MacKenzie): > Comp.sources.unix volume 3 (ends feb 86) contains a ditroff to LaserJet > translator. I haven't tried it (I don't have ditroff). Sverre Froyen, > troff2lj's other author, is now using a ditroff to LaserJet translator > also. I don't know if it is the above one or a modification of troff2lj. I will try to get ditroff2lj in a form suitable for posting to comp.sources.misc. It may take a couple of weeks. This version is not a modification of troff2lj, but rather a rewrite of the mod.sources vol. 3 version mentioned above. Like the original version of troff2lj it only works with font cartridges. It works quite well with the K-cartridge and reasonable well with the Z-cartridge. I use it with the K- and J-cartridges and use the J-cartridge for the CW fonts. Sverre PS. Somebody was wondering if there was a better way to do ligatures with the troff2lj program. An easy way to include ligatures would be to redo the character translation tables to use strings instead of single characters. The ligature positions could then be coded as "ff", "fi", etc. You would also need to figure out the widths and code these into the font description files. -- Sverre Froyen UUCP: boulder!fesk!sverre, sunpeaks!seri!fesk!sverre ARPA: froyen@nmfecc.arpa BITNET: froyen@csugold.bitnet
rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) (08/19/88)
In article <169@fesk.UUCP> sverre@fesk.UUCP (Sverre Froyen) writes: > >I will try to get ditroff2lj in a form suitable for posting to >comp.sources.misc. It may take a couple of weeks. This version is >not a modification of troff2lj, but rather a rewrite of the mod.sources >vol. 3 version mentioned above. Like the original version of troff2lj >it only works with font cartridges. It works quite well with the >K-cartridge and reasonable well with the Z-cartridge. I use it with >the K- and J-cartridges and use the J-cartridge for the CW fonts. We may have two ditroff to HP LJ Series II packages to choose from then. It appears, pending the completion of a port to BSD, that our package, "JetRoff"(tm) will find it's way to comp.sources.misc. JetRoff already runs under System V.2 and V.3. JetRoff will be posted as Shareware, so for the *really poor* folks out there you can get Sverre's program. But for a really complete version, you'll want to wait for JetRoff: - Includes R, I, B, H, HI, HB, HD, CW, S, SI, and ST fonts in sizes 4-40, stored in a compressed format. - Can use HP compatible Soft Fonts. - Downloads glyphs as needed - Supports all pic, eqn, tbl, and grap documents - Can include three different types of bitmaps in your documents via simple macro. Ability to add user defined types. - Text automatically flows around the bitmap (if you want to). - Can print in landscape or portrait orientations - Can print multiple logical pages per physical page - Can print 4 manual pages on front and back of legal paper - Automatic Adaptive Rasterization allows complex pic diagrams to print on the HP, where other commercial products just come up with the ERROR 21. - Has already been ported to the $#!&% 80286. JetRoff isn't a rewrite of anything. It was written from scratch with the goal being a complete implementation. I couldn't see paying $800 and up for software to support a lousy $1600 printer! Vix: would you pay *a reasonable amount* for Shareware? Net: Should I post now, and post BSD patches later? -- Rick Richardson, PC Research, Inc. (201) 542-3734 (voice, nights) OR (201) 389-8963 (voice, days) uunet!pcrat!rick (UUCP) rick%pcrat.uucp@uunet.uu.net (INTERNET)
gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) (08/19/88)
In article <555@pcrat.UUCP> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
->We may have two ditroff to HP LJ Series II packages to choose from then.
->It appears, pending the completion of a port to BSD, that our package,
->"JetRoff"(tm) will find it's way to comp.sources.misc. JetRoff already runs
->under System V.2 and V.3. JetRoff will be posted as Shareware, so for
->the *really poor* folks out there you can get Sverre's program. But
->for a really complete version, you'll want to wait for JetRoff:
Is there some reason why this kind of stuff isn't available for the
LN03 (DEC) printer ?
I almost bought HP's laser jet but when I went to actually order it,
I discovered that DEC had just come out with the LN03. Since most all of
our other hardware is DEC and we are running DEC's Ultrix operating system
silly me thought buying a DEC printer would mean having a greater chance
of being able to make full use of all printer functions. What I ended up
with was a printer full of capibilities but no way to use any of them.
Gordon P. Vickers
{mips, pyramid, philabs}!prls!gordon