Large Format Printing Information Session March 6, 2003 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICE SUNY-ESF

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Ross Jacobs Multimedia Systems Integrator, ITS Christopher Baycura Video/Multimedia Producer, ITS

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing  Basic Concepts  Printing at ITS  Printing at Academic Computing  Poster Creation Using Power Point

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Creation Software  Illustrator*  In Design*  Page Maker*  Photoshop*  PowerPoint*  Corel Draw*  Freehand * Available on ITS multimedia workstations.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Formatting the poster  Establish Page Size  48 X 36 recommended  Image Sources and Types  GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Using Images  Web based images or GIFS  Scanning and Scaling of images  Vector and Raster based images

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Scanning Images  Scanned images composed of tiny pixels  Number of pixels in an inch determine resolution.  Resolution expressed in DPI or dots per inch  Also referred to as PPI or pixels per inch  More pixels or dots per inch equal higher resolution.  When image is scanned then resized, dots become larger. Image becomes grainy or blocky.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Scanning Images  Minimum DPI for poster images at final size is 150.  When scanning images that will be rescaled, scan at higher dpi.  Final DPI is a factor of final rescale of image.  Image rescaled by 10 X, original must be scanned at 10 X.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Example: 35 mm slide image to be used on a 48” X 36” size poster. 1 3/8” X 7/8” 8 3/4” 13 3/4” Scan at 1500 dpi Scale 10 X Finished dpi = 150 Original image size

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Location  8 Moon  Hours of Operation 8 AM – Noon 1 PM – 4:30 PM Weekdays

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Who do we provide service to?  Faculty  Professional Staff  Graduate Students  Individuals or Groups with State or Research Accounts.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Why do we require an Account #?  ITS charges back for all consumables Paper (cost varies with grade and size) Ink  Not able to accept cash.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Printing Capabilities/Specs  HP 1055 CM Color Inkjet  128 MB memory  Internal 2 GB HD  CMYK Printer  3 Computer Workstations to print from.  Stations will accept ZIP or CD ROM  Networked

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Printing Capabilities/Specs  Various Paper types available High Gloss Photo Cad Bond (coated) Copy Paper 24” and 36” rolls

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Printing Software  Photoshop  Illustrator  In Design  Power Point  Page Maker  Any PDF format

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Scheduling the Appointment  Call ITS at  Office Hours 8 AM – Noon / 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM  1 Hour minimum to print at poster. No poster printing started after 4:00 PM.  Have Research or State account # and account administrators name ready.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing When you print  Sign in at the front desk.  Assistant will assign you an appropriate workstation.  Specify type of paper and size to the assistant.  Check over your poster before printing.  Print poster.  Allow poster at least 12 hours to dry.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Manager - Gwynne May (142 Baker) Hours of Operation Check on Bulletin Board 8 AM – 11 PM Monday – Thursday Friday 8 AM - 4:30 PM Open weekends 2 PM – 10 PM

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Who they provide service to? Same as ITS Undergraduate Students for Research Poster Session. Special permission required by instructor otherwise. No account number required.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Printing Capabilities/Specs  HP 755 CM Color Inkjet  32 – 64 MB memory  CMYK Printer  1 dedicated computer to print from.  Station will accept ZIP or CD ROM  Not Networked

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Special Considerations  When printing poster select default “print to computer” option.  Plotter is 36 inches wide. Format poster accordingly  Standard Bond Paper  Won’t Cut until the paper is dried. Drying time is 1 min.  Final copy only.  College business only.

Instructional Technology Service Large Format Printing Printing Software  MS Office Suite  Auto Cad  Bring in personal software and install, but remove when finished.