EEC 281 Notes for Paper Submissions

Basic guidelines

• Include all hwk/proj material you developed in your paper submission.
  • Group all parts of each problem together (diagrams, calculations, code). For example, prob1 answers, prob1 code, prob2 answers, prob2 code,....
• The electronic copy is only a backup for special cases.
  • Label all files so it is clear to which problem they below. For example, prob1.v, prob1.vt, prob2.v, ...
• Conserve paper when compiling your paper submission
  • print double-sided and with 2 or 4 pages per sheet if possible
  • If special circumstances prevent you from bringing the paper portion to class (with permission from me), send a single pdf file

Using a2ps

1. Use "a2ps" to produce a postscript file for all text files.
   • Example:

      a2ps --line-numbers=1 --medium=Letterdj -4 -o new.ps new.txt new2.txt 

   • The -4 indicates that four pages will be printed on a single page.
   • You can use separate a2ps commands for files that can only fit on a single page.
   • Save all Matlab plots to *.eps (Encapsulated Post Script) files.
2. Use "cat" to concatenate all the *.ps and *.eps files in the appropriate order.
   • This will produce a master *.ps file.
   • Example:

      cat pr3a.ps pr3b.ps pr3b_fig.eps > pr3.ps 

3. Use "ps2pdf13" to generate a *.pdf file from the *.ps file.
   • Example:

      ps2pdf13 pr3.ps pr3.pdf 

4. Use "acroread" to view and print the *.pdf file.
   • Example:

      acroread pr3.pdf 

Updates

2005/02/14  Written by Jeremy Webb

Using enscript and psnup

enscript -Gh --font=Courier8 -o tmp.ps infile
psnup -4 -pletter tmp.ps out.ps
rm -f tmp.ps

ghostview -antialias out.ps
lpr -Pprintername    out.ps