nick@aimed.UUCP (Nick Pemberton) (06/13/89)
We have a LASERPRO Silver Express Laser printer here, which through
some nasty wiring is now hooked to our xenix system. It has several
compatibility modes in it, including HP LaserJet. I have managed
to get the spooler system to use it, but I am at a loss with troff
SO, I hit the manuals. I have wasted about 3 hours pouring through manuals,
finding an obscure reference to /dev/cat (????), but not much more.
Does anyone out there know how to configure troff to use this printer?
I know nroff could do it, but the printer is capable of some pretty
nifty stuff, and I'd like to take advantage of it.
Thanks,
Nick
--
Nick Pemberton uucp: {lsuc, uunet!mnetor}!aimed!nick
AIM, Inc bus: 429-1085
home: 690-0647davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen) (06/13/89)
In article <7428@aimed.UUCP> nick@aimed.UUCP (Nick Pemberton) writes: | We have a LASERPRO Silver Express Laser printer here, which through | some nasty wiring is now hooked to our xenix system. It has several [ ... ] | Does anyone out there know how to configure troff to use this printer? If the printer will do postscript there are two troff to PostScript programs, the PD "thack" (say t-hack) and the Adobe "pscat." pscat seems to do a better job, but it costs (I think the site license for troff and ditroff programs is about $1k). thack was on the net a week or so ago, and is pretty decent. Of course if the printer is not PostScript you will have to go another route. Elan software sells a xenix version of troff called EROFF, which is ditroff and supports the LaserJet and/or a number of other printers. bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis) (06/14/89)
In article <758@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: |In article <7428@aimed.UUCP> nick@aimed.UUCP (Nick Pemberton) writes: || We have a LASERPRO Silver Express Laser printer here, which through || some nasty wiring is now hooked to our xenix system. It has several | [ ... ] | || Does anyone out there know how to configure troff to use this printer? | | If the printer will do postscript there are two troff to PostScript |programs, the PD "thack" (say t-hack) and the Adobe "pscat." pscat seems |to do a better job, but it costs (I think the site license for troff and |ditroff programs is about $1k). thack was on the net a week or so ago, |and is pretty decent. | | Of course if the printer is not PostScript you will have to go another |route. Elan software sells a xenix version of troff called EROFF, which |is ditroff and supports the LaserJet and/or a number of other printers. My new troff2lj and troff2ps packages (CAT -> HPLJ and CAT -> Postscript) should be arriving in comp.sources.unix shortly. -- Chris Lewis, R.H. Lathwell & Associates: Elegant Communications Inc. UUCP: {uunet!mnetor, utcsri!utzoo}!lsuc!eci386!clewis Phone: (416)-595-5425