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Use groff to easily create PDF pages
Authored by: Doc Drang on Oct 24, '05 10:26:24AM

While I generally prefer LaTeX for reports and such, troff's ability to put text exactly where you want on the page makes it superior for printing labels. I've written a couple of simple perl programs for making address labels and file folder labels.

I prefer ps2pdf over pstopdf for translating my PS files, but that may be a matter of taste. One thing I'm sure of: don' open a PostScript file in Preview unless you plan to go out for lunch while its translating.

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