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>|(Scott Heyano) writes:
>|Scott>  I think psroff requires a true troff with true troff output,
>|Scott>  and I think the AIX troff is ditroff.
>
> (Chris Lewis) writes:
>Chris> Absolutely right, so scratch my psroff idea. Here is exactly what AIX
>Chris> 3.1 troff supports, according to info:
>
>                IBM 3812 Pageprinter II
>                IBM 3816 Pageprinter
>                Hewlett Packard LaserJet II with K cartridge
>
>To generate Postscript from ditroff, you want either tpscript (c.s.u
>a few years back) or Transcript from Adobe.  (Though, I might just
>have psroff working with ditroff input too in the not-to-distant future.
>Perhaps I should change the name then to "troffs-R-us" ;-)

I have tried to compile both transcript and tpscript for the Risc-6000 (AIX3.1)
and they both appear to depend on a "troff" that behaves likes troff's in the
rest of the BSD UNIX world.  IBM's troff will support the 3 printers listed
above and in so doing behaves a little like ditroff (but it isn't ditroff).
Nor is it a real standard-type troff.

It is unfortunate that IBM didn't provide PostScript support since they sell
PostScript printers as accessories to the Risc-6000.  I let our local
salesperson know that we're running into this problem.

Any further ideas to get PostScript troff support?

Tim Fredrick             National Center for Atmospheric Research
                         Atmospheric Chemistry Division
fredrick@ncar.ucar.edu   PO Box 3000
fredrick@ncar.CSNET      Boulder, CO 80307