Poster Printer-Department of Chemistry-University of Massachusetts Amherst

HP Designjet 800ps

Located in 104 LGRT

Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Contact Lisa: lisa@chem.umass.edu, or by phone 5-2777

Guidelines

Print size: 24", 36", 42" by which ever length you choose (100" and 150' rolls)
Average poster size is 36" x 48"

Here are two PowerPoint templates to use if you wish: 36" x 48"; 42" x 48"

Pricing: Please have a speed type number from your PI or a check made payable to the "University of Massachusetts", and in the memo field "Chemistry poster printing."

Chemistry Community (includes adjunct faculty): 36-42 x 48-72= $25.00; 42 x 72=$40.00

Non-Chemistry Community: 36-42 x 48-72= $40.00; 42 x 72=$60.00

File formats: PowerPoint, Illustrator and Photoshop. If you are using any other program, please save or export as a PDF. There have been problems with converting between a PC and a Mac, so if in doubt have a PDF version as well.

There are problems with the ink fading. This ink is suppose to last for up to 3 months. Lately I am finding that it seems to be lasting about a month. If you need your poster to last, it is recommended that you store it in a poster tube. I am testing a new coated paper which is suppose to last for a few years-time will tell:-)

Here is the site for the UMass seal (http://umass.edu/umhome/identity/marks.html).

Here is the site for UMass Graphic Identitiy (http://umass.edu/umhome/identity/)

Use Policy

No self-serve printing will be authorized. Please do not ask the IT computer tech people to do this, either–it is not their job to do this sort of thing.
To get a poster job printed, the requester needs to make a request at least a week in advance to assure timely service. The requester will need to provide Lisa with a printing ready file, and a deadline by which the printout needs to be ready. For requests made with less than a lead time, it may not be possible to meet the request, if demand is high. Please respect this caveat–the department does not have the resources to replace CopyCat or Kinko's.
If you are asking for a poster that is associated with a meeting for which you anticipate others will be requesting posters, then it is better to give at least two weeks notice. If a big rush of jobs comes in at any time, and it is not clear that all can be accommodated, first-come-first served will be the policy.
For the present, only printing requests from members of the Chemistry Department community can be accommodated. Please do not ask on behalf of others. This is a matter of extending the lifetime of the printer, and of making due with the personnel we have available to assist with such requests.
Lisa will commit to assisting those making requests to "fine-tune" their poster to satisfaction, where the fine-tuning is a matter of making the printer produce the desired output with acceptable quality. This means that the requester is expected not to make multiple requests for correction of errors or changes in content, without submitting a new request with consequent recharge. This is a matter of asking requesters to do their work on the computer to get what is desired **before** asking for printout.