Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!mtune!lzaz!left!ped From: ped@left.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: nroff ascii 033 Message-ID: <102@left.ATT.COM> Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 11:36:58 EDT Article-I.D.: left.102 Posted: Fri Oct 2 11:36:58 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Oct-87 02:05:31 EDT Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA Lines: 11 After trying to decided on the best group to send to I came to this one as the only one that might work. I wish to put an esc (ascii 033) sequence in my text of an nroff document to turn on the color of the printer. How do we do it? If I send the file directly to the printer (cat file | lp) the escape sequence works fine. If I run the file through nroff (nroff file | lp) forget it, garbage HELP.