SACS Poster Printing

Poster Printer HOW TO

The following tips are designed to move your print job through the pre-press process quickly and to ensure optimal printing results.

• Using Powerpoint with RBVI-supplied templates
  1. Download a poster template of the desired dimension from http://www.sacs.ucsf.edu/Newsletters/PosterPrinterPowerPoint.html
  2. Modify the layout, add text and images, as desired. For best results, line art should be 600 dpi. Scanned images and photos should be at least 300 dpi and saved as an EPS or TIFF file . If possible, avoid enlarging scaned images and/or photos above 120% to ensure accurate reproduction.
  3. Once your poster is complete, save the file as a PDF, ensuring that the page size matches the original template size and that fonts are downloaded to the file.
  4. E-mail the file to posterprint@cgl.ucsf.edu
  
  
• Using other applications
  1. Open application and set document size and print size to desired dimensions. Note the poster printer's maximum print width is 43".
  2. Layout document using guidelines listed in the procedure for Powerpoint templates.
  3. E-mail the file to posterprint@cgl.ucsf.edu. Please give information on the application and platform used to create the document.