[comp.sys.mac.misc] LaTeX and non-Apple printers: Help!

gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER) (09/26/90)

I've been successfully using the MacPrint driver to interface my IIci with
an HP LaserJet IIP.  However, a new faculty member has arrived and likes to 
use LaTex on her IIcx.  We need to get her a printer, and of course the IBM
dominated department wants her to use a setup like mine.  When we tried to 
print her LaTex documents from my machine, all we could get was about a
square inch of text in the upper left corner to print.  We've called the
LaTeX people, the HP folks, and the MacPrint folks, and nobody knows what the
problem might be.  So, to the all knowing net I submit my question:  Is it
possible to interface LaTex with an HP Laser printer and what do I need in
order to accomplish it, and why won't the MacPrint driver work for LaTex when
it does work for every other application I've tried (WriteNow, MacWrite, MSWord,
MacPaint, SuperPaint, Mathematica, etc.).  Before coming here, our new faculty
member was successfully using LaTex with an HP DeskJet (mac version).

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  


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thomas willett 
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta  
gt4586c@prism.gatech.edu
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