Electronic Submission of Postscript File

As in past years, the files included in the CD-ROM will be in the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. PDF files generated from a Postscript file allow keyword searches. They also offer better quality for both screen viewing and printing. More and more attendees (over 50%) are relying on the Conference CD-ROM to access the papers, so it is important to obtain as many Postscript files from authors as possible. If you did not submit your Postscript file in past years, please make an effort to do it this time.

Authors are asked to check the status of the submitted Postscript file, which sometimes could have errors due to an aborted FTP session or a data transmission error. Our system will automatically convert each incoming Postscript file to a PDF file, allowing authors to check not only that the transmission was correct, but also that the conversion to PDF was successful.

To submit a Postscript file of the manuscript for ICASSP-99, please take the following steps:

• Create an Electronic Version of the manuscript (full paper):
  
  

  1. Follow the Paper Preparation Instructions.
  2. The file must be in Postscript format. Please, check Problems with Postscript/Acrobat if you have problems with Postscript files.
  3. Check that the pages are in correct (not reverse) order. This is unimportant if a document is printed, but very important for an electronic document.
  4. After generating the file, please test it by printing it and proof read the output.

• Upload or FTP the Postscript file:

  If you are using Netscape 2.02 or higher, IE (Internet Explorer) 4.0 or higher or another browser supporting file upload, you can upload your Postscript file directly through your browser.

  If your browser does not support file upload, please follow the instructions to submit your Postscript document via FTP.

  For example, if an author has been assigned paper number 1356 and password A2x:tF5 during Electronic Submission of Cover Sheet, the procedure is as follows:

  1. ftp icassp99.asu.edu
  2. login: 1356
     password: A2x:tF5
  3. cd incoming/pssubmission
  4. put paper.ps
  5. quit
     
     

• Check the of a Postscript file:

  The Postscript file will be automatically converted to PDF format. Using their paper number and password, authors can retrieve the PDF file generated from their Postscript document.

  Please print the file and verify its correctness. Select "Yes" to confirm that the paper appears to be as desired, and the electronic version of the paper will be used for the conference proceedings and the CD-ROM. Otherwise, select "No" to make sure the mailed hard-copy paper version will be used instead.

• Print 6 copies of your manuscript:

  Finally, print 6 copies of the paper and mail them to Conference Management Services, regardless whether the Postscript file has been submitted electronically or not. These copies are needed for the reviewers, the printing company that makes the proceedings, and the company that makes the CD-ROM, in case the paper needs to be scanned.

Last Update:  February 4, 1999         Ingo Höntsch