raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) (10/06/87)
What products/software exist make `troff` print on a Postscript type of laser printer. We have an Imagen laser printer that has an iterface to `troff` through software that came with it, but now we want to connect an Apple laser-printer to the computer and to print troff papers on it too. We are running 4.2 BSD Unix on a VAX 780/11. Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raanan Herrmann (bc-cis!raanan, raanan@bc-cis.UUCP raanan@bklyncis.BITNET)
kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer) (10/08/87)
in article <1005@bc-cis.UUCP>, raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) says: > > What products/software exist make `troff` print on a Postscript printer. Eroff, by Elan Computer Group, is a complete DWB (ditroff) package plus laser driver(s). Postscript is fully supported, as is HP LaserJet and Imagen lasers. Elan Computer Group, Inc. 410 Cambridge Avenue, Suite A Palo Alto, CA 94306 415-322-2450
patwood@unirot.UUCP (Patrick Wood) (10/08/87)
Devps, a product of Pipeline Associates, Inc., supports either the old troff or ditroff to PostScript conversion. It costs less than Adobe's TranScript or Elan's PostScript driver ($295 binary, $495 source) and it allows you to import PostScript graphics from other sources, such as Illustrator, MacDraw, MacVision, AT&T TARGA boards, and hand-written PostScript. It comes with printer drivers for System V's lp system and for BSD 4.x spooling system. It also comes with various utilities for reversing page order (to get properly collated output on a LaserWriter), for emulating a line printer, for printing plot(4) files, and for selection of pages from conforming PostScript files. It also comes with a utility for converting Adobe Font Metric files to ditroff width tables. Call or write for more info Pat Wood Pipeline Associates, Inc. 49 Manito Ave Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 201-334-0772 bellcore!phw5!phw
fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) (10/13/87)
In article <1005@bc-cis.UUCP>, raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) writes: > What products/software exist make `troff` print on a Postscript > type of laser printer. We have an Imagen laser printer that has an iterface > to `troff` through software that came with it, but now we want to connect > an Apple laser-printer to the computer and to print troff papers on it too. > We are running 4.2 BSD Unix on a VAX 780/11. Two products that translate the output of troff to PostScript are transcript and devps. Transcript is written by Adobe (the creator of PostScript) and has filters for both old troff and ditroff. Devps is written by Pipeline Associates. There are two flavors available. The one which has existed for quite a while is for use with ditroff. A new product, cat2dit, is available that translates old troff output into the DVI intermediate files for processing by devps. We have been using (and, in fact, selling) both of these packages. We have used both of them in the production of our catalogs, marketing fliers and products (we publish UNIX reference booklets). Both do what they claim to do. You can contact me if you need any further comparison information. There are a number of companies that sell the ATT DWB package (ditroff and a lot more) and filters for PostScript. The first two that come to mind are SoftQuad (in Toronto I believe) and Elan (in the bay area). If you don't have ditroff and feel you need it, these are the places to shop. -- Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 (206)FOR-UNIX or (206)527-3385 ...!uw-beaver!tikal!ssc!fyl
jpp@slxsys.co.uk (John Pettitt) (10/23/87)
In article <785@ssc.UUCP>, fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes: > In article <1005@bc-cis.UUCP>, raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) writes: > > What products/software exist make `troff` print on a Postscript > > Two products that translate the output of troff to PostScript are transcript > and devps. > Transcript is written by Adobe (the creator of PostScript) > Devps is written by Pipeline Associates. 1) Are these, or similar, products available for Xenix 386 and/or Unix V.3/386 ? 2) Is anybody selling them in the uk (or europe). Please email me and I will post a summary. Thanks -- John Pettitt G6KCQ, CIX jpettitt, Voice +44 1 398 9422 UUCP: ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!pyrltd!slxsys!jpp (jpp@slxsys.co.uk) Disclaimer: I don't even own a cat to share my views !
patwood@unirot.UUCP (Patrick Wood) (10/26/87)
Devps was developed under Xenix 3 and Xenix V. One of our suppliers had a problem porting it to Xenix V.3, apparently due to some bugs in the stdio package (or was that Uport V.3 you had the problem with, Phil?). Anyway, we have a European distributor: Johan Helsingius Penetron mcvax!penet!julf Tel: +358-0-427632 Pat Wood Pipeline Associates, Inc.