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General Poster Printing Guidelines for Faculty, Staff, and Students

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1. Microsoft Publisher (recommended) - with the file saved as .pub, .pubx or .pdf file.
2. Microsoft PowerPoint with the file saved as a .pptx or .pdf file.
3. Adobe Creative Cloud Apps with the file saved as .pdf file.
4. You may use other applications of your choice provided you save the document as a .pdf file.

Paper Size

1. Be sure to set the paper size BEFORE creating your poster -

    Posters

    Posters sized at 8.5 x 11 will NOT scale up appropriately for printing. 

2. We will NOT print incorrectly sized posters.
3. Most class posters are 36” x 24” and set to Landscape orientation. Other common sizes are 36" x 36", 36" x 42" and 36" x 48".
4. Maximum limiting dimension in one direction is 42”.
5. ½” margins are recommended (though there is a default white margin around all posters printed, about 1/8").

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• Allow sufficient time for printing.  Typically we request 12 hours. When entire classes or multiple classes are printing - typically at the end of the term - we simply need more time so please allow 24 hours. We print in the order received.  
• Make sure your poster is set up correctly - orientation and size
  

• Submit your poster using this form:  ITS Service Request Form 

• Optionally, you may bring the poster to the Help Desk (SMC E005) on a flash drive.

• You will receive a confirmation email when your poster is ready to be picked up.

• Posters will be at the help desk in SMC E005.

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