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From: olson@lasspvax.UUCP (Todd Olson)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: Re: INFO needed for APPLE LASERWRITER + troff
Message-ID: <598@lasspvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Oct-85 19:35:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: lasspvax.598
Posted: Sun Oct 13 19:35:15 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 15-Oct-85 10:26:14 EDT
References: <118@strolog.UUCP>
Reply-To: olson@lasspvax.UUCP (Todd Olson)
Organization: LASSP, Cornell University
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Summary: 

In article <118@strolog.UUCP> giulio@strolog.UUCP (Giulio Bertellini) 
asks about
> ... [using] the APPLE LASERWRITER and ... the postscript language ... [via]
>  a) troff + some filters, possibly public domain filters
>  b) formatters other than troff
>
>2. Has anyone seen announcements concerning use of
>the Postcript language from UNIX (any version, either
>System III, System V, Xenix, etc.).

  We've had our LaserWriter hooked to our VAX running bsd4.2 unix for a couple
of months now.  We are using Adobe's Transcript to filter our troff files
and send them to the LW.  It seems to work fine, thought several people have
complained about results being different from the Imagen(?) we used to 
borrow (We are all still troff/LW beginners here ...).  It also take lpr input.
  We can also write postscript files directly and send them to the printer.
In fact, Adobe includes a bunch of 'cookbook' postscript examples for the user
to experiment with.  Admittedly working with postscript directly  is sort of
lowlevel, but you can do some very fancy things, and since the language is
in the Threaded Interpreted class (eg Forth) if you are serious about it you
can create what ever high level 'words' (commands) that you want.  
(I'm thinking about surface plotting words for f(x,y) as well as 
fermi-surfaces(physics) and such).
  Now, what I'd really like to get a hold of is a postscript interpreter for
an arbitrary bit mapped device so that by giving the (numpic X numpic) of my
DecWriter, I can have it print my postscript files.

>3. Could anyone mail me Adobe Systems Network Address?

A while ago Adobe put a message on the net about their two new books, 
published by Addison-Wesley
	Postscript language Reference Manual
	  by Adobe systems Incorporated
	  ISBN 0-201-10174-2

	Postscript language Tutorial and Cookbook
	  by Adobe systems Incorporated
	  ISBN ???

I just happened to save the header of that message which I have abreviated
and included below.  I hope it helps.
  BTW. I got a copy of the first book from our campus bookstore.  It seems
rather well done.  Appendix D gives some details of the LW, including how
to use it interactively.  (the second book was not yet in the bookstore)

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From cornell!vax135!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!adobe!shore Thu Aug 29 12:29:18 EDT 1985
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>From: shore@adobe.UUCP (Andrew Shore)
Reply-To: shore@adobe.UUCP (Andrew Shore)
Organization: Adobe Systems, Palo Alto
Keywords: PostScript

Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Todd Olson

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