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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!ucbvax!ALW.NIH.GOV!Bob_Dew
  2. From: Bob_Dew@ALW.NIH.GOV
  3. Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
  4. Subject: Re: Printers
  5. Message-ID: <keziwcW0ts4j81EkwN@alw.nih.gov>
  6. Date: 9 Nov 92 23:07:20 GMT
  7. References: <sezhmOG00Woi4dukwr@andrew.cmu.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
  9. Organization: The Internet
  10. Lines: 16
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  12. > We are investigating having ATK print direct to Postscript, to relieve
  13. the dependence on troff/groff and psdit.
  14.  
  15.  
  16. Aren't these dependencies necessary to support ATK's "preview"?  
  17.  
  18. In the long run, I'd think a device-independent troff generator would be
  19. more useful and less error prone than a direct ATK-->Postscript program.
  20.  
  21.  
  22. Just a thought...
  23.  
  24. Our interpreter version is 52.3.
  25.  
  26. -Bob
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