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From: clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: troff and HP Laserjet II
Message-ID: <1989Dec7.035009.18724@acheron.uucp>
Date: 7 Dec 89 03:50:09 GMT
References: <1989Dec5.095840.9792@cs.eur.nl>
Organization: Ciliophora Associates
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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