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A0 and A1 poster printing instructions
| Current Charges | Supported Formats |
| Supported Media |

Current Charges
A0 (46.81" x 33.11" max, app. 1189mm x 841mm) £40.00
A1 (33.11" * 23.39" max, app. 841mm x 594mm) Glossy £25.00 ea. single, £20.00 ea. for two at the same time.
Matt paper and bulk prices on request.  
Payment method = GL Journal only.

Enquiries to Sally Thipayang, Room 163 Chemistry New Building. salinthip.thipayang@ic.ac.uk

Please note the printer can take up to an hour to print an A0 page and is often busy so do not leave your enquiries until the last minute.

Supported Formats:  - Printer model = HP DesignJet 500ps
  1) Microsoft PowerPoint (Preferred Format)
Manually set the page size to the above sizes or alternatively, if you are printing A0, set page size to A4 and the printer will automatically expand the page to A0. Note, ensure all graphics are high resolution. Graphic objects copied from web pages are likely to appear very blocky when printed.
MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE TO EMBED ALL TRUE TYPE FONTS - See Tools -> Options

2) Microsoft Word
Set page size manually using measurements above.
MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE TO EMBED ALL TRUE TYPE FONTS - See Tools -> Options

3) Microsoft Excel
Set page size manually using measurements above.
MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE TO EMBED ALL TRUE TYPE FONTS - See Tools -> Options

4) Microsoft Project

5) Corel Draw
Manually set page size to measurements above.

6) Acrobat Pdf
Ensure pdf page is of desired size when creating. Embed ALL fonts.

7) Raw Postscript
Ensure options are for colour, correct page size.

   
Supported Media:  
  1) PC Readable CDR or CDRW (Preferred method)

2) PC Formatted Zip Disk (100MB max)

3) USB Pen Drive

4) Compact Flash Card / PCMCIA Card

5) PC Formatted Floppy disk (you will be very very lucky to fit anything of value on one of these)

6) Email to salinthip.thipayang@ic.ac.uk (Note max file size is approximately 2mb for email)

7) Network share / ftp by arrangement.