dave@auvax (12/13/83)
troff in landscape mode on an IMAGEN laser printer
I started doing some work with getting troff to print sideways on
the IMAGEN laser printer (IMPRINT-10 system). My approach was restricted
to a total document post-processor, as opposed to an in-line switching
back and forth from landscape to normal print modes. Moving the origin
to the bottom left corner was no problem, however it appears that each font
glyph that is to be downloaded must be rotated to the same orientation as
was specified when setting the logical coordinate system. We do not have
troff (not printer) fonts with other-than-normal rotations available,
nor did I have much luck at all trying to rotate each glyph with its mask.
Has anyone done this sort of thing (i.e., get troff to print sideways
on the IMAGEN)? I would certainly like to know about it, and if possible
obtain your software. This is probably of interest to others in the net,
but you may mail me directly if desired. Thanks!
Dave Hrenewich
Athabasca University
Edmonton, Alberta
(403) 452-9990 ex. 2272
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