General ⇒ arXiv Submission

[robousy]

Hello from a noob!

I'm having some issues submitting to arXiv and I thought I'd see if anyone here could assist.

Details

1. Running Texnic
2. Compiling in Miktex
3. Compiling works fine if I compile in: LaTeX=>PS mode.
4. Compiling FAILS if I compile in LaTeX=>PDF mode.
5. Attempted submission to arXiv fails.

I'm attempting to solve issue 5.

Possible problem source: I am using .eps file extensions for my figures. If I convert to jpg then it works fine in LaTeX=>PDF and I'm guessing my arXiv submission works. However, I lose image clarity when I use photoshop to convert from .eps to .jpg.

Any suggestions much appreciated!!!!

Thanks,

Richard

[frabjous]

Can't you just compile to .ps and then convert the .ps to a .pdf?

If using GSView/Ghostscript for .ps files, the process is here:
http://www.athleticaid.com/yaquinapress ... using.html

Or even simpler, create a Latex > PS > PDF output profile for TXC:
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... f=31&t=302
Newer versions of TXC may even come with such an output profile. Not sure.

[robousy]

Hey Frabjous,

Thanks for your comment.

Sure, I could, but that would not solve the issue of arXiv not compiling my .tex file.

If I can figure out why it won't compile as a pdf and solve that, then it will simultaneusly solve the arXiv problem.

Rich

[frabjous]

I've never used arXiv, and I don't know much about it, but from what I've read, they allow you to submit in .pdf format, so why not just compile the text file yourself, convert to pdf, and submit in .pdf format? Or is that only allowed when the .pdf doesn't come from LaTeX source? (And how would they know--the pdf would say it was created by GSscript pdfwrite, not LaTeX?)

They have a help page here.

http://arxiv.org/help/submit_tex

Actually it looks there like there shouldn't be a problem; they allow you to choose either LaTeX or pdfLaTeX. Choose LaTeX. You jut need to be sure to submit the .eps along with the file. is there anything else odd about your document? Unusual .sty files or similar?

[robousy]

hmmmmm. I think I might know where the problem originates...but I'm still not sure hwo to fix:

I'm using:

\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amsfonts}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage{eepic,epsfig}
\usepackage{cite}

and for my .eps figures I'm using:

\begin{figure}[tbph]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{figure=fig1.eps,width=11.5cm,height=7.5cm}
\end{center}
\caption{Due to the non-trivial boundary conditions imposed on the
quantum vacuum, the plates are pulled toward each other due to a
force that is purely quantum in nature.} \label{fig1}
\end{figure}

I've made sure I've downloaded all the .sty packages and Refreshed and Updated in Miktex.

I'm still getting error messages though!

Any ideas??

[robousy]

I just did the conversion as you suggested but arXiv did not accept the .pdf. It could tell that it was ultimately LateX generated even though I had a .ps and used some online software to convert to .pdf.