Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Printing and AU/X? Message-ID: Date: 30 Jan 91 11:53:42 GMT References: <967@borg.cs.unc.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 12 In-reply-to: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com's message of 29 Jan 91 14:29:58 GMT In article I wrote: > The nroff filter for the LQ is awful. I have written my own that > prints much faster. I just did a timing test. "man man | lpr" took 6 1/2 minutes to print on my LQ in Near Letter Quality Mode. Running the nroff output through my filter reduced the print time to 3 minutes and 10 seconds. Send me mail if you want the filter. It's not really production quality, but it sure is handy! -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett