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From: woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan)
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Subject: how to make info print to postscript
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Date: 15 Apr 91 00:36:46 GMT
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In article <1991Apr14.230938.17820@menudo.uh.edu> matt@karazm.math.uh.edu (Matt Emerson) writes:
>I'd like some pointers on how to make Info print articles in PostScript
>format so they'd look really nice.  The rs/6000 is set up to print to a
>remote LaserWriter whose print queue resides on a Sun.
>
>TFM seemed to indicate that I needed to set up some sort of thingy called
>a virtual printer to inform the system of the printer's capabilities.  I can
>lpr PostScript files with no problem, but can't talk info into printing
>(other than in ugly courier).

I think someone worked this out a while back by using a printing
backend that piped the printer output through a better ascii->PS
filter prior to sending it to the printer... I haven't gotten around
to doing it yet, so I can't be more specific.

>And while I'm pestering everyone, how can I make troff produce PostScript?

Adobe transcript (psroff) comes with the ICRB update (3005). Of course,
Chris Lewis's freeware psroff now supports ditroff, and I suppose that
you could port GNU groff if you were so inclined, as well.


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