Re: troff support of HP DeskJet

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From: Wolf Paul
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 15:43

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In article <7228@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
>> The author of Jetroff, Rick Richardson, has already stated that he
>> doesn't think the DJ is suitable for typesetting, so he probably won't
>> support it, but it probably is the closest you'll find out there.
>
>Gee, TeX output looks quite good on the DeskJet.  Of course, patience is
>required (two to six minutes a page) but some people don't have need for
>quantity; eighty pages a day is all they need.

Is that using a Deskjet driver or a Laserjet driver?

And I agree that it will probably not look bad -- better than a standard
dot matrix printer -- and neither will troff output with an appropriate
driver, but Rick just doesn't feel its worth his time and effort to support
it.
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From: wnp@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Wolf Paul)
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Subject: Re: troff support of HP DeskJet
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Date: 27 Feb 89 15:43:06 GMT
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