On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, stefano franchi wrote: > > I am formatting a manuscript to specs provided by the publisher. They want >> me to provide a "true" camera-ready copy: sheets of papers, not pdf files. >> > > Stefano, > > That's quite interesting. > > Springer-Verlag wanted both .pdf files and the raw TeX files. They produce > output at 2400 dpi for their printing negatives. I suppose that printers > newer than my HP LaserJet 5 can produce that resolution on paper but the > best I can do is 600 dpi (which is more than adequate for everything else.) > > This is Rodopi. I really don't understand why they want the paper version, except that it's going to save them a few bucks on the printing front. But since they will have to actually photograph the pages instead of going directly to negatives, I don't see the savings. But my understanding of printing technology may not be current. Cheers, S. > Rich > -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Department of Philosophy Ph: (1) 979 862-2211 Texas A&M University Fax: (1) 979 845-0458 College Station, Texas, USA
