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From: grogers@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: IBM Postscript & TeX & RT
Message-ID: <38300013@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 89 01:33:32 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!grogers    Nov 15 12:05:00 1989


We are considering getting an IBM 4216 or 4218 (whatever it's called)
Postscript printer.  We will be using this on an RT running AOS (4.3Unix).

We currently have a 3812 printer and use troff.  However, our ibm sponsored
project has some hardware money to spend.

We are considering the 421[68] because we want to start using TeX.

Now for the questions:

Does TeX available from wherever it is available support Postscript?
	(I pretty sure the answer is yes, but I better ask!)

Has anyone ported TeX to AOS?

Is the 421? a faithful Postscript printer?  (i.e. follows the postscript
language.)

What do I need to get from IBM besides the printer and cable?
	Fonts? Interface card? ...

Does IBM have a better Postscript printer?



Does anyone have TeX for the 3812 printer and AOS (IBM has it for AIX but
not AOS)?

Greg Rogers
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Computer Science
1304 W. Springfield Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

grogers@cs.uiuc.edu