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Poster Printing
Rules
1) The width of paper our printer can handle is 36". Please keep that in mind when designing your poster. A standard poster size would be 36"in height by 48" in length. We can print longer than 48" if needed.
2) Please spell check and proofread your poster before you ask us to print it. Reprinting the poster is expensive. Please no extreme color gradations in your poster backgrounds.
3) Please submit your poster for printing as soon as you possibly can. Plan for at least a minimum 2-day turn-around time. Bio IT will attempt to print your poster as soon as possible, and get it back to you in a timely fashion. Posters brought in after 3:00 p.m. will generally be printed the following day. Posters will be printed during the workweek and not over weekends.
4) Posters can be sent as e-mail attachments if the file size is 20 megabytes or less. They can be e-mailed to posters@bio.purdue.edu. If you e-mail your poster, please cc' your message to bioit@purdue.edu to let Bio IT know that a poster is ready for printing. You can submit posters larger than 20 megabytes on a CD or USB memory stick, or uploaded to the Purdue Filelocker service (https://filelocker.purdue.edu/).
5) All posters printed through this service must have at least one member of the Biological Sciences faculty credited for the research along with a Purdue University logo.
6) You may pick up your poster when ready in LILY, room B-137.
Suggestions and Hints- Put your poster together using PowerPoint, Photoshop, InDesign, or Illustrator. Convert your poster to Adobe PDF format, high resolution is desirable. Only PDF format will be accepted for printing.
- To set the size of the poster in PowerPoint: For Windows Office, go to the Design tab and select Page Setup on the left. You can type the size of the poster in the width and height windows. Save the poster using the Save As PDF command. For Macintosh Office, under the File tab, select Page Setup. You can type the size of the poster into the width and height windows. Then, Print the poster and select the PDF button in the print dialogue box. Choose Save as PDF. This will correctly save the size of the poster.
- To user FileLocker to upload large posters:
2. Click the "Upload" button, then select your file.
3. When the upload is complete, click on the file and then click the
"Share This File" button.
4. In the blank under "Search for Users by ID" enter "biology" and click
on "Biology Poster Printing" when it appears.
5. Then click "Share"; *make sure* the "Notify by email" box is checked.
- There are developed poster templates following this article. You do not have to use one of these templates, but they can be a guide to get you started and they provide tested and successful formats that include university and departmental logos. You may modify a template as much as you like. The templates are for posters size 36" by 48" in landscape mode. Leave at least 0.5" margin around your poster (the printer cannot print to the extreme edge, and usually you will need somewhere to put in pins when displaying the poster).
- Use white as the background for your poster, and use color sparingly to highlight areas of text and for images. The reason for this request is that a solid color background saturates the paper and warps it, and consumes a lot of ink. White is also a good contrasting color for text, which will improve readability. Keeping presentations simple and clean will help convey the material better.
- Warning! One out of 10 submitted posters has a design problem caused by missing fonts, unsupported graphics types, or other assembly issues that prevents them from printing correctly. Again please give yourself ample time for printing and possible problems. Submitting a poster for printing the day before you have to leave town makes it very difficult to correct problems in time.
- Faculty who have students in their classes print posters for poster sessions, presentation, or special campus events are asked to please contact Bio IT well in advance and let us know when the upcoming event will take place, and how many students are participating, . This will ensure we have the proper amount of supplies on hand needed to take care of your class.
- If you cannot get your poster submitted on time, you can have your poster printed by driving out to Kinko's on State Road 26 E. and have it printed there. Kinko's can also laminate posters up to 36" wide as well for $3 per square foot.
ph: 494-4972
posters@bio.purdue.edu
Last modified:7/20/2012 Bruce Fuller