rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) (11/20/88)
In article <973@uvm-gen.UUCP> punia@uvm-gen.UUCP (Card 54...) writes: > > The advent of high capacity font cartridges, like the Pacific Data Products >25 in 1, could remove a major bottleneck in our network printing, namely >downloading soft fonts for every job. [...] > Seems like the jobs spend more time downloading fonts than >actually printing the text! The shareware version of JetRoff (1.1) which was posted to Usenet downloads only the *glyphs* needed by a job (not whole fonts). The 2.3a version of JetRoff which is available to registered licensees also has support for cartridges. JetRoff is probably an order of magnitude less in cost than what you are using now, anyway, so you might want to check into it a little further. See the signature for appropriate EMAIL and UUCP info, or give a call to (201) 389-8963 (anytime). -- Rick Richardson | JetRoff "di"-troff to LaserJet Postprocessor|uunet!pcrat!dry2 PC Research,Inc.| Mail: uunet!pcrat!jetroff; For anon uucp do:|for Dhrystone 2 uunet!pcrat!rick| uucp jetroff!~jetuucp/file_list ~nuucp/. |submission forms. jetroff Wk2200-0300,Sa,Su ACU {2400,PEP19200} 12013898963 "" \r ogin: jetuucp
mark@cogent.UUCP (Captain Neptune) (11/21/88)
In article <382@elan.UUCP> kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) writes: >From article <973@uvm-gen.UUCP>, by punia@uvm-gen.UUCP (Card 54...): >> >> The advent of high capacity font cartridges, like the Pacific Data Products >> 25 in 1, could remove a major bottleneck in our network printing, namely >> downloading soft fonts for every job. Seems like the jobs spend more time >> downloading fonts than actually printing the text! > >EROFF will support such a cartridge (and many others) without >downloading fonts. For info... > Elan Computer Group, Inc. Ahem...how about suggestions of something more affordable? The price to put EROFF on our HP 9000/840 was so high that we have, for now, scrapped our UNIX-to-Laserjet plans altogether. Anyone have a public domain or shareware 'troff' so that we can try 'jetroff' on our system? (HP-UX does not include troff 8-( ) -- Mark Steven Jeghers "No reward for resistance, Cogent Software Solutions no assistance, ...ptsfa!pacbell!cogent!mark no applause..." ...uunet!lll-winken!cogent!mark Neil Peart
cl@datlog.co.uk (Charles Lambert) (11/26/88)
In article <487@cogent.UUCP> mark@cogent.UUCP (Mark Steven Jeghers) writes: >Ahem...how about suggestions of something more affordable? The price to >put EROFF on our HP 9000/840 was so high that we have, for now, scrapped >our UNIX-to-Laserjet plans altogether. We are using SoftQuad SQtroff on a Compaq and a Vax 11/750. I don't know what it would cost in the US, but in UK sterling it costs ~700 pounds on the Compaq and ~1000 on the Vax. The latest issue was a bit wrinkly on the Vax, but nothing crippling. It supports font selection but I can't say if there are any limitations because we usually stick to the (cartridge) default. SoftQuad SQtroff is available from Unixsys UK Ltd The Genesis Centre Garrett Field Science Park South Birchwood Warrington Cheshire WA3 7BH England +44 (925) 828181 Charlie