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| Poster Printing - Best Practices |
- Have enough time. Come prepared to spend at least an hour; in
some cases, the process can take more than an hour. Use of the poster
printer and computer in the IT Shop is limited to 9:00am to 3:00pm,
Monday through Friday.
- Know your software. You should be capable with Illustrator,
Photoshop, Powerpoint, or whatever software application you have chosen.
The IT Shop staff are not able to give you detailed instructions on its
use, especially when others are waiting to use the printer.
- Know your file storage. You should understand the basics of where
you're saving your files. Once you arrive at the IT Shop, the IT staff
can work with you to import your file from CD, USB flash drives, zip, or
networked storage.
- Have funding arrangements in place to pay for your printout.
Printing is charged against a grant or department account, currently
at $20.00 per poster printed on Standard 36" or 42" glossy paper, up to
10 feet in length. These charges are to cover the cost of the paper, ink,
printer maintenance, and administration.
- Use a poster tube. Printed posters are susceptible to
damage if mishandled. The ink the printer prints with is water soluble
and can run if exposed to the elements. Consider bringing a 36 inch
long poster tube.
- Avoid using color backgrounds Avoid using large areas of
near 100% of the 4 primary colors e.g. 100% black, yellow, magenta,
or cyan. Aside from using a lot of very expensive ink, large amount
of ink can warp the paper.
- Print a proof page You should consider printing a proof page before
printing your fullsize poster to avoid mistakes and verify colors. Your
proof should be a reduced version (8.5" x 11") of your original poster.
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