GUIDELINES FOR GENERATING PORTABLE POSTSCRIPT FILES

Configuring Your Printer Driver to Produce Portable PostScript

The following are some guidelines to use when configuring your
printer driver so as to produce portable PostScript. "Portable"
or "compatible" PostScript is PostScript that can be printed on a
wide range of PostScript-compatible printers and will
consistently produce identical or very nearly identical
documents. The converse is PostScript that is tuned to print
better or faster on your specific printer. Some of these
guidelines are designed to facilitate the IEEE Computer Society's
ability to process the file, not necessarily to maximize
portability.
    * Some printer drivers have settings that directly address the
     portability issue, offering the options for "optimizing
     speed" or "optimizing portability". You should select the
     "optimize for portability" setting(s) wherever possible.
   * Enable the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions, if
     available. You may see this abbreviated as ADSC or just DSC.
     This is sometimes included in the "optimize for portability"
     option mentioned above.
   * Specify the paper format as American Letter, if available,
     or custom define paper size as 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9
     cm). Please do not use A4. Complete instructions on page
     formatting may be found at Internet site
     http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm.
   * If your printer driver offers you the choice of using
     PostScript Level 1, 2 or 3, specify Postscript Level 1.
   * Many drivers will offer you a choice of data formats,
     usually including ASCII, one or more forms of binary data.
     Always use the ASCII format.
   * If you have the option to compress bitmaps, choose No
     Compression.
   * If your driver offers you a choice of how to send TrueType
     fonts, choose to send TrueType fonts as outlines (also
     called Type 3 fonts). Avoid options that refer to a font
     substitution table, or built-in printer fonts.
   * Choose a resolution setting of no less than 300 dpi and no
     more than 600 dpi.
   * Enable "page independence", if available.
   * Disable "job codes" (also known as Control-D characters).
   * Do not use "duplexing" (printing on both sides of the
     paper).


Word Processing Considerations

Even if you have already configured your printer driver to use
Letter sized paper, you should define your page size as American
Letter, or custom define the page as 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9
cm) in your word processing program as well. Please do not
specify A4 as the paper size.

In general, the thirteen "standard" PostScript fonts (those built
in to every PostScript interpreter) should be used whenever
possible. These are:

 Times-Roman       Helvetica            Courier             Symbol
 Times-Oblique     Helvetica-Oblique    Courier-Oblique
 Times-Bold        Helvetica-Bold       Courier-Bold
 Times-BoldOblique Helvetica-BoldObliqueCourier-BoldOblique

If you must use other fonts, be sure to configure your printer
driver to send TrueType fonts as outlines (also called Type 3
fonts), as mentioned above.

NOTICE: This procedure causes font information to be included in the
PostScript file. While this is an extremely common practice, and font
owners generally disregard it, you should know that this technically
constitutes an infringement of copyright.  All figures should be
properly positioned and embedded in or linked to the document so that
they appear correct in size and position, and are legible when
printed. The final layout should be identical to what you wish to have
printed in the proceedings.  Once everything has been finalized,
generate the PostScript file from your word processing program ("print
to file").