Printcif Service

PRINTCIF


This will take your CIF and apply the typesetting software used by the journal office to generate a preprint of your paper. Because the current version of the typesetting programs is always used, you will get a faithful representation of how the paper will be created - a valuable feature if you're not quite sure how to obtain some desired effect. The preprint will also indicate any data values which the editorial staff would query - for instance, missing Commission requirements, physical values that are or may be unreasonable - giving you an opportunity to forestall such queries! If you don't want this extra feature, put the word "PROOF" in the Subject line of your e-mail (not in the message itself!).

You should receive the results as two e-mail messages - one reporting a successful outcome and sometimes containing other information; and a PostScript file of the preprint. If the software is unable to generate a preprint, the diagnostic message alone is returned, with some indication of the reason for failure. It is usually sensible to check your CIF first with the checkcif utility before submitting it to printcif.

At this stage only a PostScript version of the preprint is provided.