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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Sources for HP Laserjet TROFF or NROFF
Message-ID: <1989Sep9.210957.6730@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 9 Sep 89 21:09:57 GMT
References: <118@quame.UUCP> <621@elan.elan.com>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Followup-To: comp.sources.wanted
Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH
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As quoted from <621@elan.elan.com> by kg@elan.elan.com (Ken Greer):
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| From article <118@quame.UUCP>, by bryan@quame.UUCP (Bryan A. Woodruff):
| > I am looking for a RELIABLE method of using TROFF or NROFF with
| > the HP Laserjet Series II and produce quality output without
| > font cartridges...  Is there anything available? (XENIX/386 System V
| > compatible)
| 
| A fully supported Troff package call EROFF, with drivers for HP LJ 
| and PostScript printers is available from:
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WARNING!  "Eroff" does not come with its own fonts; if you want e.g. Times
Roman, you have to buy a cartridge or soft font.  (grrr -- luckily, telotech
bought a demo package instead of blowing $$$ on the real thing)

++Brandon
-- 
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