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Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff C/A/T output to LaserWriter Plus

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From: Melinda Shore
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1986 04:59
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In article <2547@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>In article <2369@psuvax1.UUCP> ehrlich@psuvax1.UUCP (Dan Ehrlich) writes:
>> Can anyone suggest a method for eliminating the cut marks that troff
>> generates? 
>We just made the offset big enough to push the cut
>mark out of the image area.  Quick and dirty, but it works.  

Wow, kludge :-).  The cut marks are in the macros, so you'll need to
modify the appropriate files.  The -ms macros have a .CM macro that
does the dirty deed, and -mm uses a three-part title to stick them in.
I forget how -me and -man do the cut marks, but it should be similar to
one of the above.
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Melinda Shore                               ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor
University of Chicago Computation Center    XASSHOR@UCHIMVS1.Bitnet
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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
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Subject: Re: Getting rid of cut marks in troff C/A/T output to LaserWriter Plus
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Date: Tue, 30-Dec-86 23:59:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 30 23:59:32 1986
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