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From: scottb@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Scott Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Nroff driver for LaserJet
Message-ID: <1170001@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 88 20:47:35 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> Does anybody have an nroff driver for the LaserJet Series II?
> 
Hmmm... you really don't need a specific driver for the LaserJet to have 
nroff work, but you do have to tell nroff to use only 60 lines per page.

This can be done by adding '-RL60' to the command line. For instance to 
print out a document using the MM macros. The following command would work:

	nroff -mm -RL60 filename 

If you have tables or equations, pipe nroff's output through col(1) 
before sending it to the printer. For example:

	cat filename | neqn | tbl | nroff -mm -RL60 | col -x

There are also at least 2 versions of ditroff (device independent troff)
that will drive the LaserJet, with font and bitmap support. One is called
eroff, by the Elan Computer Group in Palo Alto, California. I don't have
info on the other.

				Scott Boyd

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