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Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Poster Printing

The College of Engineering offers a poster printing service to all engineering students, faculty, and staff. faculty, staff, and member affiliates. The posters can be printed up to 36 inches high.

Posters can be created and printed from a variety of software programs. The most common program used is PowerPoint. Other programs that can be used are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, or a page layout program such as QuarkXPress or PageMaker.

To use this service, please complete the Poster Print Request Form. Minimum of 24 hours in advance.

Creating a Large Format Poster in PowerPoint

Creating a poster in PowerPoint is similar to creating a single slide; just think of it as one very big slide. The only difference is that the page-set up must be set to a custom size. This should be done before the poster is actually created. Standard sizes are 24 in. high and 36 in. high.

To set up a poster:

  1. Open PowerPoint.
  2. Select blank slide in New Slide window.
  3. Select OK.
  4. Select File.
  5. Select Page Set-up. Page set-up window will appear.
  6. Select custom in the Slides sized for drop down box.
  7. Change width to 48" (or preferred size).
  8. Change height to 36" (or preferred size).
  9. Select OK.
    NOTE: Because the poster is sized larger than a standard paper size, a page set-up error window may appear explaining that the current page size you selected exceeds the printable area of paper in the printer. Select OK. Do Not Select Fix - this will change your poster size to a standard paper size.
Once the page set-up is complete, the poster can be created as though you are creating one large poster. Do not create separate slides! Following are a few tips and tricks for creating posters to avoid problems.

Tips & Tricks

  • We require 24 hour notice to print the poster. The sooner you send it in, the sooner we can have it done.
  • Please do not create posters with a solid color background. This wastes ink, and causes drying issues. If a poster is submitted with a solid background, we will ask you to remove the back ground and resubmitt it.
  • Font size for poster titles usually range between 60-77 pt. Text usually ranges from 24-36 pt.
  • When copying text from another program or file, be sure to copy the text into a text box. This will simplify the process of manipulating the text size and font once it is placed in the poster. Copying and pasting text directly into the poster (without a textbox) is similar to copying an image into a poster. You will be unable to change the font type and can only change the size by resizing the box.
  • To keep an image in proportion when enlarging, hold down the shift key while dragging to enlarge.
  • Avoid using small, web images that are 72dpi in large posters, they will blow up to be very pixelated and wont look crisp.

If you have any questions please contact chesupport@engr.oregonstate.edu