Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!elan!kg
From: kg@elan.UUCP (Ken Greer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: ditroff + LaserJet II - HELP
Message-ID: <506@elan.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 20:16:37 GMT
References: <3660@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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From article <3660@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>, by kjc@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk:
> 1. We have ditroff, eqn, tbl, pic etc from ATT on our HP workstations.
> 2. We have several HP LaserJet II printers (512Kb, no extra fonts - yet).

Mistake #1: You purchased Troff from AT&T.  Sorry!

You'll need to purchase software support for the LaserJet from one
of the few troff vendors around.  HP is a very heavy user of EROFF
for their Troff-ing, which is available from:
                           Elan Computer Group, Inc.
                          888 Villa Street, 3rd Floor
                            Mountain View, CA 94041
                              Phone: 415-964-2200
                               FAX: 415-964-8588

> 1. I'm abit worried about the fact that the soft fonts are for downloading
>    from an MS-DOS machine. Presumably I can binary transfer them to the
>    workstations and download them from there ?

Yes, no problem. (EROFF automatically downloads, b.t.w.)

>    We intend to increase the memory on the printers, but I'd like a feel
>    of the memory requirements.

512 MB is adequate.  EROFF does some fancy font management so that
you don't need lots of memory.