st: Graph format for publication with Springer

[Jacob McDermott <jpmcd87@gmail.com>]

Hello,

The professor I work for has a book to be published with Springer. We 
recently received the proofs from Springer as a .pdf, and I notice that 
all of the graphs look fuzzy and compressed.

I sent them 1200 dps .tif files to use, but I also have the graphs saved 
as .wmf, .eps, .gph. Springer indicates on their website that they 
accept either .eps or 1200 dps .tifs -- The only reason we went with 
.tifs is that they appeared much clearer in word. Although I understand 
that .eps image pasted in word are just compressed "previews" and that 
the actual printed copy is higher quality, we opted for .tifs as we were 
doing most of our work electronically, and it was much easier to view 
the .tif graphs than the .eps.

The graphs are a mixture of bar graphs, scatter plots, and line plots -- 
If I insert graphs using each format into word and save as a .pdf, I 
notice that the text on .eps, and .wmf looks very clear, but the lines 
on line graphs reproduce strangely
-- i.e. for line graphs, any horizontal line segment has a larger width 
than any other part of the line, sharp changes in slope lead to 
disconnected lines, etc.

On the other hand, the .tifs look good and are much clearer in the 
version I created vs the version sent to us by Springer.

Have any of you had experience with Springer, or have any general tips 
as to how we can get graphs that appear more clearly? Is it just a 
matter of sending them the graphs as .eps? Is there additional 
information you need to answer my question?

Below is a link the Springer's comments on figures and illustrations:
http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-12-970210-0

Thanks for the help,
Jacob


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