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From: richard@octel.UUCP (Richard Karasik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: How to make a laserjet work with Xroff?
Keywords: Hp laserjet, xroff, troff, ISC
Message-ID: <449@warthog.octel.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 91 20:25:29 GMT
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Organization: Octel Communications Inc., Milpitas Ca.
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I've been trying to get xroff working with ISC - I know it can be 
done but i'm stuck. the interface uses a program called utod which I can
find no documentation on after running man and RTFM'ing for 3 hours. 
After playing keyboard for a bit -i found that utod can take a -z flag
which I tried and doesnt do what I need.

Problem is is that printing loses the l and i characters. Xroff
specifically says if that happens change the stty settings -etc etc.

In looking for a way to change "stty" settings for lpt1 I sort of approach
the ludicrous. So how do I make sure all 8 bits and proper post processing
happens in ISC unix?

It appears that utod is some sort of thing that copies unix files to dos
files -but what does it do next?

By the way why doesn't man -k work on ISC?

a   of my output comes out ook ng ke th s. Knd of advant guarde,
but  t  s d sconcert ng nonethe ess.

Thanks n advance for your he p.
R chard
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