Printing guidelines
 No more than 10 posters per request
 Minimum of 48hr lead time from when posters are needed, not from
day of event. More time may be needed depending on the size of the
project.
 Lamination: only for items to be reused, to comply with fire
regulations, or for long term display eg: monthly calendars
 All posters must abide by the College’s copyright policy, available at
http://www.providence.edu/library/research/Pages/Copyright.aspx
 No personal projects. All requests must be “College / curriculum /
event related”.
 Please do not circumvent these regulations to satisfy your personal
needs.
 Academic Media reserves the right to refuse any printing request if
the amount, size and time are unreasonable or beyond Media
Services’ ability to fulfill.
Technical Stuff
PDF is preferred. PowerPoint, Word, Photoshop, Keynote and others (check first to make
sure!) are also usable. Text tends to look bad in JPEG files, so avoid using them for
anything other than photographs, and be sure those are high resolution files.
If you really want your poster to look its best, before you start designing it change the
size of the file to the size you want it printed at. Generally we try for having one side
(height or width) be 20”. That fits 2 prints across the roll of paper so there’s a lot less
waste. In PowerPoint on a PC, click on Design, then on Slide Size, then Custom Size.
Enter in your height and width. On a Mac, click on File, then on Page Setup and enter
your height and width. Other programs should be similar.
If you want your poster to be printed vertically (taller than it is wide) please design it that
way. You want to do this before you start making your poster, otherwise it will end up
distorted.