Poster Printing

Large format poster printing is available to faculty and students at 2919 Taubman Library Building at the RITC office. Posters must be printed through RITC office personnel. Individuals do not have access to directly connect their computers to the large format printer. Posters may be ordered through our ticketing service, or by bringing your file on a flash drive to our office. Poster charges may be paid by check or department shortcode. We request 24 hours lead time for printing under most circumstances; however, we often print on the same day. High volume printing jobs such as seminars require special scheduling, please email Wesley Tanner (wbtanner@umich.edu), or call him at 734.936.1142 at the RITC office for arrangements.

Posters may be dropped off between 8 am – 4 pm, Monday through Friday

Procedure for submitting posters

Create a print-ready file for printing

(See below for requirements)

Open a printing ticket

Login to print posters: https://fixit.umms.med.umich.edu/footprints/posterprint.html
Upload your file, and supply the following information:
Your name
Email address
Department name
Principal investigator's name
The shortcode you wish to charge payment to
Due date for poster (please allow 24 hours)
Any special instructions, size or timing issues.

Pick up your poster

Posters are available for pick up at the RITC office when completed 8 am – 5 pm, Monday through Friday
RITC is located at 2919 Taubman Library

Charges

(Revised as of October 26, 2009)
Poster printing is charged at the rate of $3.78 per linear foot (from a 42 inch roll). Thus 42 X 24 inches is $7.56, 42 x 36 is $11.34, etc. We print by the foot to 96 inches.

Printing formats

Not all applications or image formats are suited to be printed in large format. Below you will find a list of the applications and formats required to print on the RITC large format printer.

Preferred formats

Adobe Illustrator – Save as EPS or PDF
Adobe Photoshop - Save as JPG
Adobe InDesign - Save as PDF
Microsoft Powerpoint – Save as PPT

All of these applications are available with site licenses from the UMMS. If you need assistance in obtaining this software please contact MSIS desktop support at 734.763.7770.

Should I use Microsoft Powerpoint?

While easy to use and manipulate, Powerpoint is a poor substitute for an actual “print-ready” application. Frequently image formats, resolution, and layout are not consistent from screen-to-print, or cross-platform (we use a Mac). It is our recommendation that Powerpoint be avoided for large format printing. However, if you no alternative other than Powerpoint, please save the file as a PDF (see download PPT to PDF for conversion tips). If you are unable to save a PDF, send us the Powerpoint file (make sure it is saved as a ppt.

What size should I use?

Please note that our printer uses a 42 inch roll. All posters are printed in one-foot increments (42 x 24, 42 x 36, etc.) and are not trimmed down. Design your poster to be 42 inches in one direction; the other direction can be up to 96 inches. If you need us to change the size of your file to fit our paper formats, please let us know. Otherwise all files are printed at the size submitted.

Do I have a choice of papers?

To keep costs at a minimum posters are normally printed on a standard white uncoated paper. Glossy paper is available as a special request, but only when given 24 hours notice.

Templates and logo resources

Please refer to the following links regarding appropriate usage of the University of Michigan trademark.
University of Michigan Identity Guildlines
Medical School PRMC Guildlines

Templates

Adobe Illustrator
42" x 60" poster, 4 columns
42" x 48" poster, 3 columns
42" x 36" poster, 3 columns

Logos

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