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From: ap@deimos.caltech.edu (Alain Picard)
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Subject: Re: printing .tex files in pt20man.zip
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In article <6048@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, jwhite@dtoa3.dt.navy.mil (White) writes...
>Hello;
>    I hope I don't get flammed for this request but this is the only
>newsgroup that I have seen the point editor discussed in.  What I want
>to know is what I need to print the .tex files in pt20man.zip.  I have
>an 286 machine with plenty of disk space available on a temporary basis
>(I would print it out once and delete it).  I would be printing it on
>an HP Laserjet II printer, which has a HP Pro Collection Cartridge.
> 

You need TeX, the LaTeX macro package, and a program to turn the 
dvi (device independent) to a file which your HP will recognize
(typically called dvi2hp or something...)
TeX and it's fonts will take up 5 Meg, the dvi2hp about the
same (I'm NOT kidding! sorry).
If you have access to a Sun or Vax that has TeX, that's far and
away the easiest and fastest way of getting your printout.

						Alain Picard

Does your printer print Postscript files? If so, I could mail
you the ptuser.ps and ptman.ps files.