Poster Printing

The department has a shared HP T1700 wide-format printer available to all Neuroscience Dept, Institute for Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, and Waggoner Center faculty, staff and students.

Printing Restrictions

Paper size and type is currently limited to 42" rolls of Hi-Res gloss photo paper.

Formatting Guidelines

Set poster dimensions to a height of 42". If you set dimensions to 36", you'll need to cut off the excess.
Format posters with a vector graphic application such as Adobe Illustrator, and embed all images and fonts.
- Full poster-sized PDF format is also suitable.
- Note: Microsoft PowerPoint is not a suitable format and cannot be scaled without distorting.
  - PowerPoint is meant for projection, not print, graphics.
Proof-read your poster before submitting for printing. We do not have the resources to re-print posters.

Submission & Printing Process

Please email posters@mail.clm.utexas.edu to arrange printing at least 3 days in advance. Printing may be done on shorter notice, if possible but not guaranteed.
Upload finished, ready to print poster files (*.ai, *.pdf or *.eps) to: https://utexas.app.box.com/f/f7550bf19d23498aa6bbefbd485d24e2
Pick up printed posters in NHB 2.504
Questions? Please contact Jason Goltz, goltz@austin.utexas.edu

Cost

There is currently no fee associated with these printing services.

Printing Tips & Suggestions

Resize images to the correct dimensions and resolution before placing in a poster file.
- Oversized images placed in a file and then resized to smaller dimensions can result in an oversized file that takes longer to upload, process and print. And resolution will be lost.
  - For example, do not place a 8" x 10" 600 dpi image in a poster file that needs to end up as 2" x 3" 150 dpi image.
- Likewise, undersized images placed in a file and resized to larger dimensions can print out as pixelated and grainy.
Create a new image file when needing a portion of an existing image
- Crop image as needed and save as a new image file.
- Do not use masks, which can cause unpredictable results, even if images are flattened.
Always create a new poster file.
- In other words, don't reuse a past template. Errors and unseen masks or elements that were remnants from previous posters can effect the printing of the new poster.