suitti@CSvax:Pucc-H:pur-phy.UUCP (09/28/83)
I haven't been able to reply with mail for a while. Therefore I post it. *** nroff for Printronix 300 *** We run a pdp 11/44, 2.8 bsd. We have a couple printronix 300's. We have nroff for the beast, with filters to do all kinds of wierdness, thought only to be available to troff. The package must include: Typeset: a shell script to drive it. One says: typeset [opts] files.. peqn: an eqn derivitive. Modified in somewhat non-standard ways. npf: the Nroff to Printronix Filter. It does the alternate character fonts, reverse linefeeds (not many on the 11/44), etc. texdefs: a file of definitions to make the odd characters available. Note: We are a physics department, therefore some things are geared physics. We haven't changed nroff or tbl (to my knowledge). I can send sources for the other things. I would also send a bunch of test files (examples). The printronix 300 has "half dots". These are overlaping & are used in normal printing. Half dots are poorly documented. Their use was figured out by experimentation. Some sites have had trouble getting thier printer to do them. If required, I can send you our "opr". Cost, etc: I don't want any money. We are going to have to figure out how to get the stuff to you, if you want it. I don't recomend the usenet. I can get to Arpa, if required. There is always 1600 bpi tape & US mail (called "Walknet"). My addresses are: ...pur-ee!pur-phy:suitti Stephen Uitti ...purdue!pur-phy:suitti Dept of Physics Purdue University W. Lafayette, In 47907