Author Instructions for formatting of 2004 CD ready papers

Paper Format

Authors are asked to follow the Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to LNCS Proceedings at (www.springeronline.com). The length of the paper must not exceed 12 pages.

In addition to the Springer author instructions, authors should ensure that the submitted paper meet the following criteria.

  • MS Word and other word processor formats will not be accepted. Please export to PDF.
  • The font sizes must conform with the LNCS instructions.
  • Papers should conform strictly to one of the following two formats:
    1. PostScript Level 1 or 2 in plain ASCII, without encoding or condensation. PostScript Level 2 is compatible with almost all current printers and allows JPEG-compressed PostScript images to be included, which greatly reduces file sizes. To prepare such PostScript images, use jpeg2ps (http://www.pdflib.com/products/more/jpeg2ps.html) before inclusion.
    2. PDF version 1.3 - 1.5 without passwords or encryption. We strongly recommend to create the PDF by Adobe Distiller, GhostScript, or pdftex. Do not use internal MS Word converter or PDF Write in any case.
  • The fonts used should meet the following criteria:
    1. All fonts must be embedded in the document (embedded subset), even the basic ones:
      • Distiller users use:
        Settings --> Fonts --> Embed all fonts
      • LaTeX users (TeX Live 7, 8) use:
        updmap --setoption dvipsDownloadBase35 true
        updmap --setoption pdftexDownloadBase14 true
      • LaTeX users (MikTeX) use:
        mkfntmap.exe
      • GhostScript users use:
        ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer file.ps
      Make sure that all included PDF/EPS figures have all special fonts embedded or aliased for Acrobat Distiller/GhostScript.
    2. If possible, use only outline (Type 1 or TrueType) fonts, not bitmapped ones (Type 3). Recent TeX distributions such as TeX Live 7 or 8 contain a full set of Type 1 fonts as defaults. In TeX Live 6 use option "dvips -Ppdf file.dvi".
    • Note that failing to follow these instructions may result in your document being not printable on European printers. If you are not sure about formating your document properly, please contact us at svoboda@cmp.felk.cvut.cz.
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