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From: dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: TeX driver
Message-ID: <460@atari.UUcp>
Date: Sun, 16-Nov-86 18:42:47 EST
Article-I.D.: atari.460
Posted: Sun Nov 16 18:42:47 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Nov-86 04:58:30 EST
References: <5393@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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In article <5393@brl-smoke.ARPA>, YSiret@his-phoenix-multics.arpa writes:
> Does anybody know where I could find a driver to print TeX-DVI files
> onto a CANON LBP-8-A2 laser printer.
> 
> I Can produce DVI files through TeX on my Multics, and no-doubtly
> transfer a file fromMultics to my CANON laser printer - probably as to
> any terminal equipment But I am still looking for a driver to transform
> DVI to CANON-LBP format
> 
> I would be interrested preferably by a driver running on Multics but any
> driver - that could be "easily" converted to Multics would be welcomed

We have a CANON LBP-8-A2, and (for TeX, at least) it's one of the
worst laser-printers in the world.  I spent four weekends bending the
fabric of space-time, and finally got a kludge together (using an
Atari ST as an intermediary, between our VAX and the printer).  It is
VERY slow (about a minute per page) because of the absolutely insane
(read: stupid) interface.

If you've got 4.2 BSD and an Atari ST (520 or 1040) then I'll give
away the driver/server source code.  But you're not gonna like it....

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-Landon Dyer, Atari Corp.		        {sun,lll-lcc,imagen}!atari!dyer

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