Poster Pricing and Guidelines –

Turnaround times

Please allow three full working days for printing your poster. We can accommodate faster turnarounds, but 24-hour deadlines incur additional costs. If possible, please call ahead at 263-6027 so that we can plan for your poster in our schedule.

Pricing

We charge $7.90 per square foot. The square footage is calculated based on our paper width appropriate for your print's dimensions (12, 24, 36 or 44 inches), multiplied by the other dimension of your print.

There is a file setup charge of 1/8 hour ($9.50) per print. If trimming is needed, this will add another 1/8 hour charge.

Guidelines

We support the following software in both Windows and Mac: PowerPoint, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. (See PowerPoint guidelines and file set-up.) If your application file is not supported you may need to submit a PDF file for output.

Microsoft Publisher users please note: We cannot print posters from Publisher. A banner or poster created in Publisher will print as multiple, tiled letter-size pages. Your best alternative is to copy what you have created from Publisher into PowerPoint, or create your poster initially in another program.

Submit computer files on flash (thumb) drive or CD, via email, or see file transfer instructions.

If you email your files, use the address, contact@media.med.wisc.edu and phone 263-6028 to confirm receipt of your files. Include a "readme" file with all pertinent information for the job: client name, date submitted, date and time due, file name, software used, Windows or Mac, the final print's dimensions, fonts used, and additional needs such as trimming, mailing tube, foamcore mounting or laminating. (The latter two services will be sent out-of-house and will require additional time. Please call us to discuss.)

Provide document fonts, convert text to outlines (in Illustrator), or embed them in your file (Macintosh). This prevents font substitution that may result, causing subtle or obvious differences in your document. Submitting a PDF file with the fonts embedded is another method of insuring correct font appearance.

Provide all placed images. Graphics are usually linked, not embedded, in your document if in its native format. We may need to have access to these images; otherwise low-quality images may result or no graphic at all.

Official copies of the School of Medicine and Public Health logo's are available online.

Official copies of the UW logo are available online.

Page last modified on January 7, 2008