Short list of what we create
- Business cards
- Advertisements (print & web)
- Event invitations
- Tradeshow collateral
- Conference materials
- Stationary
- Forms
- Logo design
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- Posters
- Promotional materials
- Report/Book design
- Pocket Folders
- Directories
- Certificates
- and more!
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Your Design or Ours
- We can print up to 90” wide x 44” high. We can coordinate your printing of posters, banners, outdoor displays, etc. that cannot be printed in-house.
- On 10 Mil thick high quality photo luster paper with non-water soluble archival ink.
- Poster printing cost $6.95/sq. ft. (Small proof is included with your order. If the small proof is declined, any errors on the final poster are your responsibility, and you will be charged for the original and any reprints).
- Due to the very high volume of poster production on campus, turnaround time is usually two to three full business days for printing. However, if a problem occurs, please let us know in advance and we will try to meet your needs.
- Delivery to your lab or office is available.
- Tubes are available for $9.00 (Heavy cardboard 43” with metal bottom and metal screw on cap) and a plastic Expandable tube for $22.00 (Expandable up to 48” with carrying strap) with poster order.
- Mounting on foam core either on white or black $5.50/sq. ft. Max size for in-house is 28” x 38”. Orders over our max size can be sent out. Will have to call vendor for cost per sq. ft. and turn-around times.
- Lamination of announcement posters and other materials on 1½ to 10 Mil thick, Matte or Gloss, one or two sided. Will have to call vendor for pricing and turn-around times.
- Poster design is available. You provide either a word or the PowerPoint files. Allow 7 to 8 workdays for design. Cost for design time is $85.00 per hour with minimum of 2 hours charged.
- Group instruction on poster design available at a cost of $85.00 per hour.
- Medical Illustration: We can provide you contacts in the area who are certified and professionally trained as Medical Illustrators.
- Before designing your poster, check the conference poster size limits and orientation (horizontal or vertical).
- In some case your may not have enough material or to fill the space. Scale your poster accordingly to the amount of material or data you have.
- Open up PowerPoint, select new presentation.
- PowerPoint 2003 users, select page set-up. PowerPoint 2007 users select design and then page set-up.
- Enter the size you want your poster to be. (For a poster 44 x 56 inches, enter 56 for width and 44 for height) This is the maximum dimensions that PowerPoint will allow. Click on OK.
- Posters over 56” in either direction will need to be designed half size to stay within PowerPoint’s size limit. (For a poster 44 x 90 inches, enter 45 for width and 22 for height) We will double the poster size upon request.
- When designing in the half size method, your text would also need to be in half size, (Example: 24pt text would now be 12pt. When printed to full size the 12pt text would become 24pt).
- Select the color of your background. Be selective on your color scheme, it affects the way viewers perceive your work.
- Each poster should have a title. Poster titles should be at least 90-point (90pt) to 100-point (100pt).
- Authors and School names should be 72-point (72pt) to 85-point (85pt).
- Section titles should be 38-point (38pt) to 40-point (40pt).
- Viewers can't read small type from a distance. To be able to readable from 5 feet use 24-point (24pt) to 30-point (30pt) for your main text (However references may be 16-point (16pt) to 18-point (18pt).
- A font can be either "serif" like Times Roman or "sans serif" like Ariel. In general, fonts like Times Roman are better for the text while Arial is good for titles and to label the figures.
- If using symbols, highlight the text and change it to a symbol from the text selection. Using the insert symbol feature may or may not work.
- Select the text tool box, enter your caption and then select the color of the text. (Example: ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, METHODS, etc).
- Select the text tool box again, enter your text and then select the color of the text. You may resize the text boxes by highlighting the box and pulling from one of the four corners or from the center of the box.
- Once you have the first boxes drawn, select both boxes, then copy and paste, align and then enter the new caption and text. Continue doing this till you have all your captions and text entered.
- Illustrations and photographs should be clear and properly proportioned. Use high resolution images (150 dpi to 300 dpi); JPG, PNG, GIF or TIFF images are best. ( Please keep in mind, images which are used off the web are only 72 dpi and will be very pixilated and blurred when enlarged on the final print) (To check resolution, view your image at 100%).
- Use insert picture from file to bring in your image. To resize the image, click on one of the four corners of your image. Drag out or in from this corner, depending on how you want to size the image. This will help to keep the image in proportion.
- If copying and pasting Excel charts, graphs, or other objects in from other programs and are having trouble just using the paste feature. Copy the file, then use the Paste Special feature and select as a Excel file or Picture (Windows Meta File or Enhanced Metafile). Selecting the Windows Meta File or Enhanced Metafile makes it a vector graphic that allows you to expand or reduce your image to any size without pixilation on your poster. Pasting as an Excel file will allow you to double click on the image and change data while it’s in your poster.
- Upon completion, you may submit your poster in PowerPoint. We also accept Photoshop, Corel Draw, PDF, TIF and EPS files. If poster was created on a MAC, please submit in a PDF File, unless the fonts are compatible with a PC. Files may be E-mailed, hand carried on a CD, Thumb drive, Jump drive, or portable drive to my office.
Portraits and more
Portraits are available in our studio for Students, Faculty, Staff, or other individuals affiliated with the university. All portraits are made by calling or e-mailing for an appointment time. Portraits for Faculty, Staff, or other individuals affiliated with the university include the following:
- A PDF proof sheet of your portraits will be e-mailed to you. Please select the one pose you like best. A “light retouching” will be done on the one pose you selected.
- The selected pose will be saved both as a TIF and JPG file. These will be uncropped and cropped to a 2x3, 5x7 and 8x10, in color and as a grayscale).
- A wallet layout sheet in color and grayscale is also provided.
- All the other poses you did not select will be put in a folder called "Other Poses" and they will be as is, no retouching.
- Once completed, A CD with all the files on it will be burned and a copyright release will provide. The CD will be sent to your department.
TIPS for Portraits:
- Professional dress is recommended.
- For some ideas, view some of the past composites, or portraits hanging in your school or department, to help you decide what looks best (the background used is a dark reddish brown).
- Try to avoid sleeveless shirts, deep plunging necklines and all white or very light colored shirts without a jacket.
- Solid colors are a good choice.
- We can coordinate your portrait framing requirements; Size, Type of Frame (Metal, wood, etc), Matting color, Glass type (UV protected) or standard glass.
Other Services Available:
- Passport Photos are available by appointment.
- Scanning of slides and negatives, color or black and white, for publication, posters, or on-screen shows is available. These may be either low resolution (72 – 125 dpi) or high Resolution (125 -300 dpi).
- Try to avoid sleeveless shirts, deep plunging necklines and all white or very light colored shirts without a jacket.
- Solid colors are a good choice.
Define Your Needs
We meet with you to get a thorough understanding of your needs, which allows us to create a clearly defined creative project. We transform your needs and our ideas into concept sketches that will best communicate your message. Draft options are composed and presented for your consideration.
Based on your specific feedback, we fine-tune the project, using both your perception and that of your target audience to guide our direction. We refine the final product, poring over details to ensure a successfully completed project.
We have various programs we work in, In-Design, PhotoShop, Illustrator, as well as PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Quark. We will request original jpg photos for optimum resolution output. Layout
Setting original copy in a specified typeface and point size in accordance with a layout. The appearance of your type is important to the way your product will look. Clean sharp crisp type with the most professional look.
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