AHS faculty and staff may submit requests for research poster printing only on CHAD’s HP Designjet Z6200. Research posters will be printed during normal business hours and will be available for pickup M-F, 8:30-4:30, in 110 Huff Hall.
General printer guidelines
- Graduate Students: All student requests must be approved and submitted by a faculty sponsor.
- We can only print on standard poster paper. If you require a different material, please contact Document Services in the Illini Union.
- Individual print requests should be submitted via email to chad-posters@ahs.illinois.edu.
- Please allow up to three business days for printing. Requestors will be emailed when their poster is ready to be picked up.
- IMPORTANT: Please check your poster carefully for errors and typos.
Poster size and formatting requirements and tips
- Standard poster templates have been developed by the Office of Strategic Communications’ branding unit and are available for the design and printing of posters.
- Any program can be used to create the poster, but to be printed, it must be in PDF format. No other formats will be accepted.
- We recommend one of the poster’s dimensions be 42 inches, which eliminates the need to trim the printout. At least one dimension must be less than or equal to 42 inches.
- Photographs, graphics, or logos which look good on a monitor may not have enough resolution to print well. Viewing the PDF file at 200 percent zoom will help give an idea of the printed appearance.
- REMINDER: You must proofread your poster. Spellcheck and autocorrect will not fix correctly spelled mistakes. Posters will not be reprinted due to spelling errors.