Poster Printing

About

• SCS Operations provides help with poster print requests to the poster printer named Platinum. Printing is available by request to all members of the School of Computer Science.

  Print Request Procedure

• Before printing contact Operations via phone. The operator on duty will need the following:
  • Application used to create the poster
  • CS user name the job will print under
  • Size of the poster
  • Callback phone number
• The details of the print job will be checked and any changes to the formating would be determined at that time.

  Printing Specifics

  • The average print job takes 15 minutes to print and 30 minutes to dry.
  • The standard poster size is 36W x 48H inches.
  • The HP Designjet offers printing up to 42" wide.
  • When designing in PowerPoint or similar application, never "Copy and Paste" image graphics into your file. Always "Insert as Picture".
  • The printer does not print to the edge of the paper. Please remember to leave margins of at least 0.5" on each side of the print job. It can also be alleviated by choosing scale to fit.
  • Linux machines require the user to convert the poster to post script before printing. The print dialog box will have the option to choose postscript level 3.

  Platinum Specifications (HP DesignJet 4000N)

  • Postscript Level 3
  • Semigloss media
  • CMYK color
  • 256MB memory

  Picking up Poster

• Posters can be picked up at SCS Operations as shown below.

  SCS Operations Wean 3612 412-268-2608 Open 24 x 7

  Note

• The price per poster equates to $15 each print and does not include the time and labor to process. The goal of this service is to utilize School of Computer Science resources appropriately.

• Printing on weekends is available by special request only. Send e-mail to help@cs.cmu.edu