Research Poster Printing
To meet the research needs of the campus community, the Office of Research has a format printer and laminator available to produce high quality posters for presentation. We encourage any faculty, staff, or students involved in research-related activities to take advantage of this opportunity.
Frequently Asked Questions About Poster Printing
- How much do printing services cost?
- What is the maximum poster size you can produce?
- What computer programs are best to create posters?
- Do you design posters?
- How do I get the process moving along?
How much do printing services cost?
For UM-Flint faculty, staff, or students involved in research-related activities (mainly conferences), poster printing is free of charge.
What is the maximum poster size you can produce?
Our format printer can produce prints that are up to 42 x 56 inches; or roughly 3.5 x 4.5 feet. Our laminator, however, can only laminate prints less than 38 inches across.
What computer programs are best to create posters?
PowerPoint is the most ideal program to use.
Do you design posters?
Though we can create and design posters, we encourage the researcher to design their own posters. That way, they maintain the "ownership" of their work (images, fonts, colors, content, etc.). For assistance, templates for a 32 x 40 inch poster (standard poster size) and a 36 x 48 poster are available for download. Guidelines for how to create a research poster can also be downloaded by clicking here.
How do I get the process moving along?
Start the poster printing process by doing the following:
- Contact Andre Louis at alouis@umflint.edu to discuss your poster printing needs. Sample prints are available for viewing both ONLINE and in the Office of Research.
- Prepare your poster in PowerPoint. As you a preparing your poster, keep in mind that our plotter paper is 42 inches wide (with an actual printable area of 41.6 inches). Size your print accordingly.
- Submit your file to Andre Louis by email or by bringing an electronic version of it to the Office of Research (USB flash drive or CD). Files should be submitted for print no less than two days before the print is needed.
- We can do print jobs between 9 am and 4 pm, Monday through Friday. No new print jobs will be accepted after 4pm.
- Your poster MUST be proof-read and in final form before it is sent. Correcting mistakes and making alterations after a print is not only wasteful, but also time consuming.