Poster Printing
Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center offers poster printing service for faculty members who represent Texas Tech University at professional conferences. This service is currently being evaluated and will be reviewed in Spring, 2011.
Posters should be presented for printing in electronic format as large Microsoft PowerPoint slides. For more information on poster printing, please refer to poster printing tutorial and instructions below or call Ching Lee at 806-742-0133. Another relevant TLPDC resource can be found on the Poster Presentation Tips page. TLPDC also offers a one-hour custom course on poster design. Please contact Ching Lee to schedule the course.
Poster Printing Guidelines
- The TLPDC will print posters free of charge for tenure-track faculty members when they are presenting their research at a regional or national conference as a representative of Texas Tech University
- The poster must include the faculty member's name listed as an author or co-author.
- Please allow a minimum of at least one business day (24 hours) to process your request. Posters will be printed in the order in which they are received. The TLPDC staff will notify faculty members if a delay is anticipated. The TLPDC cannot guarantee immediate turnaround and early submissions are highly suggested.
- A printing request including conference name, dates and location must be sent by the faculty member via email to TLPDC Posters.
- Posters must be submitted in electronic format either by email to TLPDC Posters or delivered in person on a CD or flash drive.
- Posters should be produced as one large slide using Microsoft PowerPoint. If the poster was produced in other software, please save as PDF format. We cannot accept posters saved as any other file type.
- Maximum print area is 40" x 56". Available poster sizes are 40" x up to 56", 34" x up to 56", and 22" x up to 56".
- The TLPDC is not responsible for typographic errors or corrections needing to be made after the poster is submitted for printing. Poster authors are responsible for any content errors and the TLPDC does not provide re-prints.
- The TLPDC does not provide laminating or mounting services nor do we provide shipping tubes for transportation.
- We strongly encourage you to follow the TTU Identity Guidelines. Below, we have provided two TTU Identity Guidelines-compliant PowerPoint templates in two sizes for your use.
Helpful Design Tips
Fonts:
- Arial or Times New Roman are the recommended fonts
for readability and compliance with the TTU Identity Guidelines
- 72 point or larger for poster titles
- 36-54 point for section titles
- 24-30 point for body text (at least 20 point is
recommended)
- Font sizes may vary depending on the viewing distance and amount
of text to be included.
Zoom:
- Zoom to "Fit" to see all of your poster
- Zoom to 100% to see the actual printed size. Move back about 3 feet
(or the anticipated viewing distance) and see if it is readable.
- Zoom to 50% to make editing easier.
Graphics:
- Avoid using small graphics downloaded from the web. They typically have very low resolution and are not scalable for poster printing.
- Scan images at high resolution and reduce it later if necessary.
- Be sure photos have good contrast and brightness for printing. Test
on your home color printer to verify.
Background:
- Avoid using busy patterns or images as the background, because they make
text difficult to read.
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TTU Identity Guidelines:
- prohibit the use of TTU logos as backgrounds
- the Double T may be placed in the footer of the
poster
- the academic shield should be placed in the title banner
or header.
- Plain backgrounds with contrasting text will make your
text easier to read.
- Avoid using heavy solid color backgrounds because extensive ink saturation
will give your paper a wavy appearance.
TEMPLATES
34" x 46" Templates:(please use mouse left click, not right click)
40" x 54" Templates: (please use mouse left click, not right click)
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TTU GRAPHICS
Click on a thumbnail to open new browser window with
higher resolution image, then right-click to save or copy the image:
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