The School of Science maintains an HP Latex 115 Color Plotter. Poster printing is provided for current School of Science faculty, students, and staff for educational and research purposes.
If you are not affiliated with the School of Science, please view the list of other printing resources below.
PowerPoint (.ppt and .pptx) is our preferred file type. Set the slide size to the desired actual poster size before adding any data, images, or text. Adobe PDF (.pdf) files are also acceptable. Make sure the document size is set to the desired print size and the images are of sufficient resolution.
If you have a need to use a file type other than PowerPoint or PDF, please contact SOShelp@iu.edu and we can discuss your options.
Check the requirements of your conference before starting your poster! Our paper is 36" (inches) wide, so one poster edge must be 36" or less. The printer is capable of larger sizes, but we don’t stock paper over 36”.
Pasting Microsoft Word text directly into the PowerPoint file is not recommended. Instead, insert a text box, then paste your text into the text box. This will alleviate potential scaling and font issues. If you wish to have a background color behind individual text blocks, make these backgrounds as separate boxes from the draw menu, and place them behind the text boxes.
Avoid the use of special fonts, as they may not be available on our system. A minimum font size of 24 point is recommended for general text. 18 point is fine for references and acknowledgements.
Use the "scale to fit" option from the printer menu to test print on your printer prior to a full-scale print. We do not print draft copies. Please e-mail any questions you might have—as early in the process as possible—to SOShelp@iu.edu. Feel free to send iterations for comments or suggestions. It's best to discover problems early in the process.
72 hours lead time is required for all poster requests.
Send your file as an e-mail attachment to SOSprint@iu.edu. If it is large (over 20 MB) you can use the IU Secure Share service. Send the link to sosprint@iu.edu and include the password. If you share the file via Onedrive, be sure to share with everyone with the link and then send the link. As a last resort, you may bring it to room LD 016 on a USB drive.
Please send the files in PDF form rather than PowerPoint. This should eliminate the most common printing problems (graphs and images).
Students who are in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) or one of its auxiliary programs should utilize the plotting resources of the Center for Research and Learning (CRL). They also have many printing resources on their site.
The School of Engineering and Technology has a 24 inch plotter available for Engineering and Technology Students. Contact your advisor in Engineering for details.
Printing is available at retail locations such as Fed Ex and many other online vendors.