Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!mandrill!neoucom!wtm
From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: SOFTWARE LIST FOR THE 3B1
Summary: Does anybody have info on (di)troff --> postscipt for 3b1
Message-ID: <930@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 14:09:27 GMT
References: <138@gizzmo.UUCP>
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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After having read up on laser printers, it seems like postscript or
postscipt-compatible printers offer the greatest flexiblility in
doing computerized typography.  It would appear that having
scalable fonts is a big advantage offered by the postscript page
description language.  It would appear that paying a little more up
font for such a printer actually saves money later by not having to
buy a bunch of font cartridges, and you aren't limited to the point
sizes given to you in the cartridge.  So... I'm getting ready to
start shopping around for a printer.

Next question.  Is there a (di)troff available for the 3b1 that can
communicate via an output filter to a postscript (or some other
similar page layout language) printer.  Is there anything in the
AT&T toolchest?  I've heard a package called "eroff" mentioned, but
I haven't found it in the software catalogs I have.  Does anybody
know from whence eroff comes?

Thanks,
--Bill