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From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP (Richard Smith)
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Subject: DiTroff (TiTroff) Post Processors - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 21:06:30 EST
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umn-cs!smith    Mar 22 17:13:00 1984

  It is not clear to me that any working post-processors are provided
by Bell Labs with the device independent troff (ditroff? titroff?).
I've tried two of them.

  The Linotron post-processor doesn't work with a normally configured
Linotron.  The folks at Bell Labs wouldn't (couldn't) figure out how
to use the standard Linotron software, so Thompson reverse-engineered
the thing and they wrote their own.  Mergenthaler won't let Bell distribute
their special version.

  I also tried using the 'cat' post processor to run our Versatec via
the Berkeley 'vcat' program.  This didn't work, either.  Bell claims that
the cat post processor sort of works, but it didn't work for my few tests.

  There are also Canon engine and APS post processors -- I don't know how
well they will work.  I've heard that Imagen has a post-processor they
provide to customers who buy their machine.

Rick.
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