stickler@rc.nokia.fi (Patrick Stickler RC 910) (11/12/90)
Does anyone know if troff (and not merely nroff) can be used with any inexpensive dot-matrix or ink jet printers? The particular printers that I have in mind are the HP Deskjet or Cannon BJ-10e. What sort of graphics emulation is necessary to get 'reasonable' output? Epson FX, IBM Proprinter (X-24E)...? Can the HP Deskjet emulate an HP Laserjet? Please no suggestions to use some other typesetting software (e.g. TeX). I have to use troff and need some inexpensive way to get 'local' draft copies of documents. I need 'true' troff output - the differences between nroff and troff are too great. If anyone has had experience with using troff on a non-laser printer, I would *very* much appreciate any advice you could offer. Thanks, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Patrick Stickler Nokia Research Center stickler@rc.nokia.fi (BIX:stickler) University of Helsinki stickler@hylka.helsinki.fi ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
ralfi@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de (Ralf Holighaus) (11/21/90)
stickler@rc.nokia.fi (Patrick Stickler RC 910) writes: >output? Epson FX, IBM Proprinter (X-24E)...? Can the HP Deskjet >emulate an HP Laserjet? As far as I experienced, the HP DeskJet is almost fully compatible to the LaserJet+, except it cannot print in landscape mode. (You can even achive that by using either the DeskJet Plus or a special catridge for the DeskJet). It uses full PCL3 printer language and therefore should run with a troff adapted to the LaserJet+. Rgds Ralf. -- | Programmentwicklung fuer Microcomputer | Ralf U. Holighaus | | PO-Box 810165 Vaihinger Strasse 49 | >> PEM Support << | | D-7000 Stuttgart 80 West Germany | holighaus@PEM-Stuttgart.de | | VOICE: x49-711-713045 FAX: x49-721-713047 | ..!unido!pemstgt!ralfi |