Poster Printing
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) currently offers poster size printing to its students and faculty for academic use, and internal printing for departmental needs. We currently operate an Epson Stylus Pro 9800. This is a wide-format poster printer that can handle sizes from 35.5" wide to 90" long at 1200 dpi in full color using 8 different inks. It can only print on its own special rolled paper. The Epson Stylus Pro 9800 is best used for professional quality image printing. The printer prints by spraying a one or a combination of up to 8 ink colors on the roll of paper like an inkjet.
Academic Use
Poster printing is available for all faculty and students enrolled in a course at USG. All prints are done on 36" wide Premium Glossy 0.18 mm thick poster roll paper. Currently, borderless or full bleeds are not available. All prints have a small margin around them and is the responsibility of the student or faculty to cut their prints to size. The cost is $0.60 per inch for students and faculty enrolled in a course at USG.
Details on how to use the poster printer are outlined in our Mac Lab Manual.
Departmental Printing
Departmental poster printing is an internal service provided to all USG departments and academic partners.The following guidelines should be followed to insure prompt service.
All print requests should be sent to USG Print Services, usg-prints@umd.edu, via e-mail with the original poster attached in the following formats:
- Adobe PDF
- Adobe Illustrator (CS3 or lower; EPS or AI)
- Adobe InDesign (CS3 or lower)
- Microsoft Word (2003 or higher)
- Microsoft Publisher (2003 or higher)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (2003 or higher)
If the file is too large to be attached please e-mail USG Print Services for further instructions.
All poster printouts are done on a first come, first serve basis. OIT requests that a 1 week lead time be provided for all poster print jobs. OIT cannot guarantee the completion of print jobs, which fall short of the 1 week lead time. Payment will be billed by OIT and collected by USG Business Office at the end of each quarter via invoice.
Recommended Standard Poster Sizes
The following poster sizes are recommended sizes based on the proportional enlarging of an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.
- 18" x 24" - fits lobby kiosks
- 28" x 36"
NOTE: Most graphics must be at least 300 dpi in quality to scale correctly and set all margins to 0".
Custom sizes are also available within the width of the roll paper and maximum length of 90". However, OIT does not provide any finishings (i.e. foam core and framing) or trimmings.
Paper Sizes and Pricing
|
24" per linear inch |
36" per linear inch |
44" per linear inch |
|---|---|---|---|
Premium Glossy Paper |
$0.50 |
$0.50 |
See Print Manager |
Luster Photo Paper |
$0.60 |
$0.60 |
See Print Manager |
Adhesive Matte Paper |
$0.65 |
N/A |
N/A |