Re: Need an nroff postprocessor for HP Laserjet

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From: Steven A. Conrad
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1989 03:03

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In article <1624@dukeac.UUCP> tcamp@dukeac.UUCP (Ted A. Campbell) writes:
>
>The title says it all.  I am using nroff on an AT&T Unix PC; 
>Unix System V version 3.5.1.4, and I'd like to be able to 
>send output to a HP Laserjet (or Deskjet) printer.....

The development/document preparation software distributed for the
Unix PC (which includes nroff) also includes a filter called
hplj.  Usage:

	nroff -Thpljr8 | hplj | lp -draw_printer

The manual page is in Volume one of the development package.
-- 
Steven A. Conrad,  Department of Medicine (Critical Care)
Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
UUCP: sac@conrad.UUCP,   Internet: conrad@manta.pha.pa.us
"I think there is a world market for about five computers" TJ Watson Jr, 1943

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bpa!manta!conrad!sac
From: sac@conrad.UUCP (Steven A. Conrad)
Newsgroups: comp.text,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Need an nroff postprocessor for HP Laserjet
Summary: hplj filters nroff output to HP Laserjets
Keywords: hplj nroff Hewlett-Packard Laserjet
Message-ID: <174@conrad.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 89 03:03:23 GMT
References: <1624@dukeac.UUCP>
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Organization: Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport
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