rs@eddie.mit.edu (Robert E. Seastrom) (12/04/89)
Does anyone know what measures are necessary to get an HP Laserjet II
to work with troff? How about a Laserwriter? The Laserjet is
preferred, since we already own one...
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Robert E. Seastrom rs@eddie.mit.edu
Member of the League for Programmers' Freedom Innovate - Don't Litigatekvk@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Kevin) (12/04/89)
In article <1989Dec4.021536.16064@eddie.mit.edu>, rs@eddie.mit.edu (Robert E. Seastrom) writes: > Does anyone know what measures are necessary to get an HP Laserjet II > to work with troff? How about a Laserwriter? The Laserjet is > preferred, since we already own one... I have the same problem. I know Elan Corp sells a troff version for the PC for I believe about $500, but I'd really like to use my mainframe UNIX system instead. I can't find a Laserjet driver (i.e. for troff -Tlj), but I can produce postscript. Does someone have a postscript to Laserjet converter, or the necessary Laserjet (or Deskjet) driver tables? Kevin Kinder att!ihlpl!kvk
reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) (12/05/89)
kvk@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Kevin) writes: >I have the same problem. I know Elan Corp sells a troff version for the >PC for I believe about $500, but I'd really like to use my mainframe They also sell software for UNIX on minis and mainframes. Reino -- Reino R. A. de Boer Erasmus University Rotterdam ( Informatica ) e-mail: reino@cs.eur.nl
clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) (12/07/89)
From article <1989Dec5.095840.9792@cs.eur.nl>,by reino@cs.eur.nl(Reino de Boer): > kvk@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Kevin) writes: >>I have the same problem. I know Elan Corp sells a troff version for the >>PC for I believe about $500, but I'd really like to use my mainframe > They also sell software for UNIX on minis and mainframes. > Reino R. A. de Boer A filter for C/A/T output (old troff) to LaserJet was posted in one of the source groups. The original author (from README) was: Sverre Froyen UUCP: boulder!fesk!sverre, sunpeaks!seri!fesk!sverre and an updated version (from README2) was posted by: David MacKenzie Environmental Defense Fund edf@rocky2.rockefeller.edu (...rutgers!cmcl2!rocky2!edf). They both work fairly well but not as well as the integrated Eroff/pic from Elan. They don't cost $1495 either ... ( IBM RT version ). If you have the money, buy EROFF else pick up the filter from an archive site. -- Ed Clarke acheron!clarke
mark@gizzmo.UUCP (mark hilliard) (12/11/89)
In article <2582@cbnewse.ATT.COM> kvk@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Kevin) writes: >In article <1989Dec4.021536.16064@eddie.mit.edu>, rs@eddie.mit.edu (Robert E. Seastrom) writes: >> Does anyone know what measures are necessary to get an HP Laserjet II >> to work with troff? >I have the same problem. I know Elan Corp sells a troff version for the >PC for I believe about $500, but I'd really like to use my mainframe >UNIX system instead. Elan also sells versions for VMS and several other OS. Give them a call.
pcg@aber-cs.UUCP (Piercarlo Grandi) (12/12/89)
In article <1989Dec5.095840.9792@cs.eur.nl> reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) writes: kvk@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Kevin) writes: >I have the same problem. I know Elan Corp sells a troff version for the >PC for I believe about $500, but I'd really like to use my mainframe They also sell software for UNIX on minis and mainframes. Vastly cheaper is JetRoff, a package by Rick Richardson. It is a shareware ditroff-to-LJII filter, that comes with a few interesting accessories, and quite a few fonts. Registering costs $100 for companies and $50 for individuals. It comes with full source code, and is highly portable. An older, but working, version, has been posted to comp.sources.unix (or .misc?). There have been a number of plugs for the product on the net, so apparently many people have tried it on several machines, and been happy. Urban Applied Sciences redistributes JetRoff with a cheap ditroff *binary*, for a cost under $200. It is unextended ditroff, but I don't think that is a problem if you are on a budget. They may have it only for 386 Unixes, though. Rick Richardson can be reached as 'uunet!pcrat!rick' or at (201) 389 8963. -- Piercarlo "Peter" Grandi | ARPA: pcg%cs.aber.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!aber-cs!pcg Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk