[Flex] Re: We are experiencing FASTLANE problems

[Maureen Carragher]

Ladies:  FYI: A Word document was successfully uploaded and pdf'd by 
Fastlane with the same result.  I am unable to print the Fastlane pdf'd 
doc to a printer and I tried to different printers!

Mary Ann Lucas wrote:

> Here, in P.O. Dept we have begun to be bitten by the font-bug on 
> Fastlane.  Sheila Clifford arranged a visit last fall with one of the 
> Fastlane program managers, Brian Midson, in relation to the problems 
> she and others were experiencing.  I am attaching notes composed by 
> Maryanne Wray and myself regarding information from his visit.
>
> In essence he has recommended that we upload our word processing files 
> to Fastlane to be pdf'd onsite.   There is a problem with LaTeX, of 
> course, because even if we upload the .dvi file the figures need to be 
> included in order to process; I believe our solution was to put them 
> into a gzip file, instructions for which are in Fastlane LaTeX 
> instruction documentation.  (I tried to continue to look into this but 
> time has been a factor in not following through.)
>
> Now, here we are at deadline, again, and problems are occurring when 
> you try to print your document directly from Fastlane.  I hope this 
> information will help some of you.
>
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