There is a "large format printer" at The Media Group. They were formerly called Biomedical Communications, and are in the basement of the IRC Building (Woodward) -- not too far away. Note that The Media Group has virtually every kind of photography and imaging service imaginable, and they are not restricted to UBC work. You can do personal stuff there also. (I like to drop of my slide films there before 8am and pick up my slides after lunch.)

The printer is an HP DesignJet 750Cplus, and can do output in colour and up to 36 inches wide. It is an ink-jet printer, so if the output gets wet, it gets wrecked. You may want to consider laminating it in plastic. The Zoology department gets a preferred rate because it contributed to the purchase of the printer.

Pricing (for Zoology):

$2.50 per square foot

$4.50 per square foot (laminated)

file formats

Almost any file format is acceptable, including: Canvas, Corel Draw, PageMaker, InDesign, PowerPoint, Photoshop, and PostScript. Not acceptable: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher (they don't do the large format properly). The resolution of the printer is 150dpi, so don't use images of any higher resolution or you'll make your file unnecessarily huge.

file transfer

sneakernet: floppy, Zip, CD, ...

e-mail: to slides@interchange.ubc.ca

FTP: currently unavailable as they re-rig things after putting in a firewall. To check availability, call 822-5561.

Traditional methods of making posters still work just fine. ZCU members have access to a great paper cutter on a poster-prep table in the PC-lab of Hut-B6.

If, after going through the poster-making experience, you have any tips or recommendations for others, contact the webmaster, and I'll put them here.

Howard Rundle

found that they do not have many more than the basic set of fonts. He suggests that you take your font files over along with the document to print, if you use other than the commonest ones.