Clark Science Center
Poster Printing Information Site

Posters in a nut shell...
Four steps to producing a professional-grade poster presentation:

• Create the content
  (well ahead of time)
• Assemble the poster
  (see QuickRefs)
• Fill out Poster Request Form
• Give poster file(s) and Poster Request Form to Departmental Liaison for printing

Printing Rules-Schedule
In general posters submitted by noon will be plotted within 2 working days. Of course consult with your departmental liaison (in advance!) for their availabilty and specific printing schedule.

General Poster Dogma
Plan Ahead! Prepare your text and other materials in advance using appropriate software. Assembling the poster in Illustrator or PowerPoint is the easy part.

Sketch a rough layout or design. Consult conference quidelines if applicable for dimensions and formats.

Keep everything together! Make a Folder/Directory on your workstation of choice and place all poster related files inside. And keep it backed up!

No universal colored backgrounds! Ink is pricy!

An Image is worth a thousand words. Try to keep text to a minimum. Use an image or graph to illustrate your point. Text on a poster should only be there to describe or label what the images or data are demonstrating.

Keep main goal in mind: to have an aesthetic printable poster when finished.

Poster Files
Your final poster file should be an Adobe Acrobat PDF OR a Microsoft PowerPoint File (Pack-n-Go).