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diff --git a/info/digests/texline/no6/tonerbbs.tex b/info/digests/texline/no6/tonerbbs.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8ff2b837b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/info/digests/texline/no6/tonerbbs.tex @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +\centerline{\bf Recharging Toner Cartridges} +\medskip +\noindent +It is possible to have your old laser printer +toner cartridges refilled. PPI will recharge +a carrtridge for the Canon LBP-CX engine for +\quid45.00. This is substantially cheaper than +buying a new one. And they put more toner +in than you had the first time. It appears that +cartridges can be refilled many times, but of course +they insist that the cartridge must be in good +condition. If you want to be more colourful, that +costs more --- they charge \quid55.00 for a colour +refill (you can put a colour refill in a cartridge +which had black toner). They will refill single +cartridges, and also offer +discounts for bulk, offereing a discount of 20\% +on quantities of 50. +The Canon engine is the heart of many +a laser printer, including the HP LaserJet, +the LaserWriter, QMS800 and Imagen, to +name but a few. For further information: +{\obeylines\parindent2em +PPI +228 Anerley Road +London SE20 8JT +Tel: 01 676 0055 +} +\bigskip +\centerline{\bf Bulletin Board} +\medskip +\noindent +Personal \TeX, suppliers of pc\TeX\ and an +increasing number of other quality \TeX\ add-ons +have a bulletin board for their users. Its contents +read a bit like \hax, but there is quite clearly +a fair amount of self-help going on. There are +a number of files available for downloading, +including some utilities. Among the files +are the sources of the Boston Computer Society +\TeX\ benchmarks. + +I have had a look through some synopses which +\DW\ provided, and include a taste of +the material present. + +There was an account +of the meeting of German \TeX\ users in Heidelberg +in October 1986. Norbert Schwarz has developed another set +of German hyphenation patterns which are said +to be better (linguistically), and to take up +less room than those of Bernd Schulze. +The Schulze hyphenation patterns are available +through Personal \TeX. Personal \TeX\ will +also be releasing Michael Ferguson's multi-lingual +\TeX, which allows simultaneous multi-lingual +hyphenation. They give June\slash July 1987 as a release date, +but I don't believe them. + +Those who read TUG will also know of the Portugese +hyphenation patterns from Pedro de Rezende, which +may by now be part of some \TeX\ distribution +tapes. + +This is quite a lively bulletin board, and it seems +to go some way to providing an alternative to +\hax\ for those without academic networks to back +them up. The only real problem I see is +the expense of transatlantic telephone calls. +If this sort of service is a feature of Personal \TeX s +commitment to \TeX, then it bodes well for them and us. + +\rightline{\sl Malcolm Clark} |