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From: mb@ttidca.tti.com (Michael Bloom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Laserwriter 'kit' on QMS-PS810 problems
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Date: 8 Feb 89 01:18:48 GMT
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dfh@uncecs.edu (David Hinnant) writes:
>We're having mucho problemeros getting the Sun Laserwriter Kit to function
>properly with a QMS-PS810.  Enscript works fine.  However, ptroff works OK
>with the normal Times font only.  

I ran into this on a sunos4 system.  Seems that Sunos4's troff is pickier
about argument/flag ordering than ptroff expects it to be.  The following
changes worked for me (Since you're using a PS-810, I didn't bother to
edit out an unrelated change that produces better page centering on my
PS-810):

*** ptroff	Thu May 14 01:49:35 1987
--- /usr/local/ptroff	Mon Nov 14 09:18:44 1988
***************
*** 25,26 ****
--- 25,28 ----
  	-#*|-h|-m)	spool="$spool $1" ;;
+ 	-m*)	mac="$mac $1" ;;
+ 
  	-P*)	printer=$1 ;;
***************
*** 45,48 ****
  fi
! troff="troff -F${psfontlib}/ftXX -t $opt ${psfontlib}/${family}.head $fil "
! pscat="pscat -F${psfontlib}/${family}.ct "

--- 47,50 ----
  fi
! troff="troff -F${psfontlib}/ftXX -t $opt $mac ${psfontlib}/${family}.head  $fil "
! pscat="pscat -y -25 -x +22 -F${psfontlib}/${family}.ct "