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.