kg@elan.UUCP (05/26/87)
I appreciate all the compliments on our Eroff software.
A few comments in the last netrnews article were in error
which I'll correct:
o Eroff is now available for more printers:
1. Any PostScript printer (such as the Apple LaserWriter)
2. The Imagen line of laser printers.
in addition to:
3. The HP (standard) LaserJet.
4. The HP LaserJet+ and Series II line.
o Eroff release 2.1 includes an ASCII screen previewer for previewing
(rough drafting) your troff documents on-screen before printing.
o We also have a wiz-bang fancy one for the SUN and Counterpoint workstations.
o Eroff/PostScript supports image inclusion and landscape printing,
neither supported in Transcript. It also supports the Dingbats font.
o One must use a font cartridge in a *standard* LaserJet.
o If you wish, you *may* use a font cartridge in an LJ+. We *recommend*
using soft fonts in the LJ+ since you get a *much* wider variety of font
styles. With Eroff 2.1, you need not use HP soft fonts (We have not yet,
however, seen truely *high quality* fonts from any vendors other than HP.)
o Eroff downloads fonts *automatically* as they are requested in the
troff document. And it remembers which ones that have been downloaded
so they are not redundantly downloaded for each job. I am not
aware of any other troff package that offers this.
Ken Greer
Address:
Elan Computer Group, Inc.
410 Cambridge Ave, Suite A
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 322-2450
E-mail: ..{ames,hplabs}!elan!kg