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| = PPRC Poster Printing (A0,A1,A2) = PPRC no longer has a CAD Plotter for the Design office so cannot print research posters for SPCS. |
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| If you need an A3 print then you should use the School "photocopier" to print on A3 paper. (Print queue 107_a3c). | If you need an A3 print then you should use the managed MyPrint service and release your job on a larger printer. = QMUL CopyShop Posters = |
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| = PPRC Poster Printing (A0,A1,A2) = PPRC has a CAD plotter for the Design office. This plotter can also be used to print research posters in sizes A0,A1 or A2 for members the School of Physics and Astronomy. |
The[[http://www.estates.qmul.ac.uk/copyshop/|CopyShop]] can print posters. Talk to your supervisor to obtain a budget code or for private prints you will have to pay yourself. |
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| If you wish to have a Research Poster printed please prepare a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A#PDF/A-1|PDF/A-1]] file which has your '''name and research group in the filename''' and in good time send it to: * <<MailTo(spa DASH it DASH help AT qmul DOT ac DOT uk)>> with the subject Poster |
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| State the size poster you require | |
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| Please allow 3 days for the poster to be printed incase we are busy or away. You may be asked to trim the poster yourself. |
== Good Practice for preparing posters for Print Shops == |
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| You are advised that the printer sometimes has problems with "transparancy" so try to avoid this if possible. | |
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| We cannot supply poster tubes. Ask in Stores. | If you wish to have a Research Poster printed it is good practice to prepare a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A#PDF/A-1|PDF/A-1]] file which has your '''name and research group in the filename'''. Decide what size poster you require. Refer to conference details to see if they have a specific size or maximum size. Some printers sometimes have problems with "transparancy" so try to avoid this if possible. |
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| * School of Physics & Astronomy Only | |
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| * Email the SPA Computing Team with the subject Poster | |
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| * Allow 3 days * No Tubes |
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| = Alternatives = If you are not happy with the above then you are welcome to take your poster elsewhere for example the [[http://www.estates.qmul.ac.uk/copyshop/|CopyShop]] |
PUBLIC PAGE
PPRC Poster Printing (A0,A1,A2)
PPRC no longer has a CAD Plotter for the Design office so cannot print research posters for SPCS.
A3 printing
If you need an A3 print then you should use the managed MyPrint service and release your job on a larger printer.
QMUL CopyShop Posters
TheCopyShop can print posters. Talk to your supervisor to obtain a budget code or for private prints you will have to pay yourself.
Good Practice for preparing posters for Print Shops
If you wish to have a Research Poster printed it is good practice to prepare a PDF/A-1 file which has your name and research group in the filename.
Decide what size poster you require. Refer to conference details to see if they have a specific size or maximum size.
Some printers sometimes have problems with "transparancy" so try to avoid this if possible.
Poster Summary
- PDF/A-1 file
- Your name and research group in the filename
- State Size Required (A0,A1,A2,A3 etc)
PDF Preparation Guidance
PdfLaTeX
NB: untested
\usepackage[x-1a1]{pdfx}
LibreOffice
File -> Export as PDF
In the resulting settings dialogue:
Archive PDF/A-1a(ISO 19005-1) -> TRUE
[Export]
Adobe InDesign
File -> Export: name file
[Save]
In the resulting settings dialogue:
Adobe PDF Preset -> Press Quality
Standard -> PDF/X-1a:2001
Export Layer -> Visible Layers
Optimise for Fast Web View -> FALSE
[Export]