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Sun Mar 14 16:44:46 1982
Printing Mathematics
  I'm afraid that I've just sent out a rather garbled message. Sorry about
that.
  I need some information about printing mathematics (output of
NEQN|NROFF) without a phototypesetter. I have tried 1. single pass
Diablo, which gives (in BTL's quaint phrase) an ASCII approximation;
2. Double pass on a Diablo, which is very awkward and not suitable for
routine use by secretaries; 3. Versatec output, which is okay but again
awkward for secretaries.
  It seems to me that a high resolution dot matrix printer would be better
than any of the above. (My aim is respectable but not necessarily
camera-ready output; in the long run I expect to send tapes directly
to journals and only need the printed output for proofing and preprints.)
Does anyone have experience with using a dot matrix printer? Any
advice would be appreciated.
  One more note. A double-headed QUME certainly would work, but its
very expensive (for me!) and seems fairly complicated mechanically.
I would worry about whether it will be down a fair fraction of the
time.
  Thanks for any help.
                      Paul Soven (U. of Penn)


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