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Finally, the troff to DeskJet filter

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From: vp
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 13:08
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I have finally finished the troff to DeskJet filter, infact I ended up
doing two versions, one that uses the graphics mode of the printer (using
the DeskJet compression algirithm) and another that converts vfonts to
DeskJet soft fonts downloads them and then simply sends positioning
information and the ASCII codes for the characters.

The distribution also includes a program that displays the info in
the DeskJet softfont header and another that creates DeskJet softfont
files from vfonts.

I have posted the source in eunet.sources (cat2deskjet, 3 parts) and I
have sent them to comp.sources.misc (since they are suitable for both
Unix and MSDOS).  If you can't get them from these groups, send me mail
and I will mail them to you.

**vp

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