[comp.text] Printing "landscape" from troff

root@hobbes.UUCP (John Plocher) (04/22/87)

I have:  Apple LaserWriter-Plus	Adobe TranScript 2.0

I want:  Using enscript (or raw postscript) it is simple to produce 2 column
landscape output:

	<            11"           >
	<    5.5"    ><    5.5"    >
	+--------------------------+^
	|  some text    more stuff | 8.5"
	|  in columns   in another |		(you get the picture)
	+--------------------------+v

Can this be done from within *troff?  Right now I can do this by
setting margins, printing each column on a different page & cutting
and pasting to get what I need:

	<    8.5"        >
	<    5.5"   >
	+----------------+v    v
	|  some text     |
	|  in a column   |8.5"
	|  goes here     |
	|		 |^    11"
	|		 | 
	|		 |
	+----------------+     ^

I have been told that I can also imbed the PS codes to use landscape mode in
my *troff files and set .ll and its ilk to the desired values.

These two ways seem to be kluges - there *has* to be a better way...
Do you know of it?

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