[comp.text] Wanted -pepson nroff capability

isns01@ms3.UUCP (Jim Chappell) (07/03/87)

Has anyone developed the capability to use an epson printer with nroff?
I have a Commodore 128 with an RX-80 at home that really doesn't work with
the traditional 'char-backspace-underline' underlining technique of nroff.


Alternatively, has anyone got a filter that will take such output and convert
it to epson compatible output?

I'll post responses.

Thanks,
-- 
Jim Chappell  ...!seismo!vrdxhq!ms3!jrc 
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Arlington, Va 2Z
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apn@nonvon.UUCP (apn) (07/05/87)

in article <589@ms3.UUCP>, isns01@ms3.UUCP (Jim Chappell) says:
> 
> Has anyone developed the capability to use an epson printer with nroff?
> I have a Commodore 128 with an RX-80 at home that really doesn't work with
> the traditional 'char-backspace-underline' underlining technique of nroff.
> 
> 
> Alternatively, has anyone got a filter that will take such output and convert
> it to epson compatible output?
> 
> I'll post responses.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Jim Chappell  ...!seismo!vrdxhq!ms3!jrc 
> ISN Corp.	(703) 979-8900
> 1235A Jeff Davis Hwy, Suite 220
> Arlington, Va 22202


I'm confused ?? What are you running this on ? What version of nroff ??
I have some v7 nroff files that may simplify what you wnat to do.. but they
are very v7 specific!!....

also, if you are running some version of unix, I would like to see what you 
find... In general I think the approach is to chacnge the 
/usr/lib/tab/tabEPSON file to support what you need and then use
nroff -TEPSON



Thanks, 
Alex P Novickis

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