rcpt@rw7.urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers) (10/10/90)
I would like to know how a HPLaserJetII(I) printer can be connected to a UNIX machine so that troff (and ASCII) files can be printed easily. Are there (PD?) filters to convert old-troff and di-troff output to PCL (the code wanted by the HPLasetJetII(I))? Any (pointers to) solutions/suggestions are welcome, --Piet uucp: rcpt@urc.tue.nl | Piet Tutelaers Room RC 1.82 bitnet: rcpt@heithe5.BITNET | Eindhoven University of Technology phone: +31 (0)40 474541 | P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, NL
clewis@ecicrl.UUCP (Chris Lewis) (10/12/90)
In article <100@rc6.urc.tue.nl> rcpt@urc.tue.nl writes: >I would like to know how a HPLaserJetII(I) printer can be connected to a >UNIX machine so that troff (and ASCII) files can be printed easily. Are >there (PD?) filters to convert old-troff and di-troff output to PCL >(the code wanted by the HPLasetJetII(I))? jetroff from PC Research, will generate HPPCL from ditroff. A shareware version was posted to comp.sources.unix about 2 years back. It can use both HP SFP and TeX PK font files. For information on the non-shareware version, contact Rick Richardson (uunet!pcrat!rick) for more information. This is a very good package. The non-shareware version's price is extremely reasonable. I recommend it highly. Psroff 2.0 will generate HPPCL or Postscript or ditroff from old-troff (CAT troff) and is free. It will work with HP SFP and TeX PK font files too. It is available by anon ftp via: - gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2) as anonymous, file /pub/misc/psroff-2.0.tar.Z, courtesy Paul Vixie (vixie@wrl.dec.com) - cs.toronto.edu as anonymous, file pub/psroff.tar.Z, pub/psroff.patch[1-2].Z, courtesy Mark Moraes (moraes@cs.toronto.edu) It's also in the queue to go out on comp.sources.unix. I recommend it highly (after all, I wrote it ;-) too. -- Chris Lewis, Phone: TBA UUCP: uunet!utai!lsuc!ecicrl!clewis Moderator of the Ferret Mailing List (ferret-request@eci386) Psroff mailing list (psroff-request@eci386)
npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) (10/16/90)
DWB 3.1 comes by default with a PostScript postprocessor, dpost. You can also get postprocessors for Imagen's Impress (dimpress), xerox 9700 (dx9700) and H-P LaserJet (dpcl), but I believe you have to ask for them specifically. Reason is, these guys require bitmap font which are huge, and so make the whole package several times larger.