Poster Printing

CLIPR has a Hewlett-Packard Z6100ps large-format poster printer (24", 36", and 42" paper available), suitable for printing posters for conferences, etc. CLIPR currently charges $3 per square foot for items printed on this printer. This cost is approximately one-third or less of the cost charged by Kinko’s, for example. We require a speed type number or similar internal CU payment mechanism. The printer is not available for personal use.

PowerPoint is our most commonly used application for creating poster-sized documents. PPT has a maximum document dimension size limit of 56". Two of the more commonly used sizes are 36" by 48" and 36" by 56". If you wish to create a poster (in PPT) that will print larger than this, you should create a smaller document with the appropriate height-to-width ratio that will scale up proportionately. For example, to end up with a poster that is 36" by 72" (height to width ratio of 1:2), size your poster in PPT to be 24" by 48" (also a ratio of 1:2). The document size can be specified in the “Page Setup” dialog.

When it comes to getting the poster to us for printing, we strongly prefer to have 24–48 hours advance notice. That is, get the poster to us (Jon or Ernie) a day or two in in advance of when you need it). It is frequently the case that we are printing other posters around the same time, so the further the advance notice the better, and the earlier in the day the better.

Powerpoint Poster Templates

Graphics

See the “CLIPR Graphics Guidelines,” for a brief tutorial regarding how to prepare graphics for use in posters and manuscripts. Please read this if you don't understand under what circumstances the different graphics formats are appropriate (jpeg, png, eps, etc.), or are having issues of output quality.

In addition, we have a variety of graphics available for you to use to spice up your poster. To view the graphics, simply click on any of the links below. On the Mac, to download a graphic when viewing, simply click-and-drag the graphic to your desktop. On a PC, right-click on the graphic and choose “save picture as” and then choose a folder to save it to.

Campus photos

CU logos with text

Colorado/Boulder artistic renderings/miscellaneous photos

* Watercolors by local artist Anne Gifford, who has given us permission to use her art