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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Looking for troff to postscript(LaserWriter II) converter
Keywords: troff postscript LaserWriter
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Date: 12 May 89 15:40:05 GMT
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In article <1090@ssp15.idca.tds.philips.nl> jos@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Jos Vos) writes:
>In article <288@iaoobelix.UUCP> vogt@iaoobelix.UUCP (Gerald Vogt) writes:
>
>>I'm looking for a program, that takes troff-output and converts
>>it to PostScript. I want to print my Elm manuals on our LaserWriter II.
>>Is there any public source?
>
>Tpscript (from comp.sources.* some time ago) converts Device-independent
>troff to PostScript. For C/A/T troff output I don't know a filter.

One approach, not perfect, is to run the stuff through nroff, and put
the results through lp2ps, which is part of the TeX distribution.  This
transforms printer-things to postscript.  I have only just started to
look at this myself, so there may be gotchas I don't know about yet.

Of course, you lose some of the pretty features by running it through
nroff instead of troff, but it may be enough for you.