Poster Guidelines: Creating and Printing a Poster

The Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) provides both easels and black poster boards in two sizes: large - 40" X 60" and small - 32" X 40" for the following events:

• The Parents Association Undergraduate Research Symposium
• The Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Symposium
• The COLSA URC (specifications): POSTERS WILL BE MOUNTED ONLY ON LARGE SIZE POSTER BOARDS (40"x60") AND SHOULD NOT MEASURE LARGER THAN 40"x60"; easels and poster boards are also provided.

The resources below are provided to help with poster creation and design:

• Building a Poster Using PowerPoint: A Guide for Using PowerPoint to Present Your Research as a Large-format Poster
  A detailed, multi-page guide on making a poster using PowerPoint. Helpful for poster creation regardless of whether or not you choose to use PowerPoint.
• Tips on Making a Poster: A Baker's Dozen
  Quick targeted tips for making your poster more effective and visually pleasing.
• UNH Printing Services' Poster Printing Guide
• Last-minute Check
  List of what to check before taking your poster file to the printer.

Click here to view posters created by students.

Printing Posters

The following is a list of places on and off campus to have your poster printed:

• UNH Printing Services - West Edge Copy Center, 10 West Edge Drive, Durham, NH
  • File can be submitted:
       1) In person at the MUB Copy Center (file on flash drive),
       2) In person at the West Edge Copy Center (file on flash drive),
       3) Uploaded online using the Printing Online Order Form     
  • Contact is Julie Pardus-Oakes, 603-862-0532 or Darleen Smith, 603-862-3533
  • Lead time: 2-3 working days
  • Reference "Student Project Discount" for conference posters (gloss or semi-gloss) for a 44% discount:  
    • 40" x 60" poster - $70.00 for semi-gloss/gloss ($60.67 for matte paper)
    • 32" x 40" poster - $37.33 for semi-gloss/gloss ($32.36 for matte paper)
  • Payment by check, credit card, or PO
  • Proofs available for review at MUB Copy, West Edge, or via campus mail (add a day to turnaround time if proof is requested)
  • Delivery to department, MUB Copy, or pick at West Edge
    
    
• UNH RS Laboratory Printing Services - Institute of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Morse Hall, UNH Campus
  • http://rslab-printing.sr.unh.edu/index.php
  • Contact Mike Routhier
  • Expanded Lab Hours during April: Monday through Friday, 10 am to 6 pm
  • Map to Morse Hall: http://g.co/maps/67cks
  • Create an account and submit file online (MS PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator)
    

• UNH Photographic Services - Dimond Library, Level G
  • Contact Stephanie Weatherbee, 603-862-2494
  • URC and GRC students: $5.50p/sq ft
  • URC only 40"x60" = $93.37
  • URC only 32"x40" = $49.99
  • Payment by encumbrance number, check or cash.
  • All requests printed in order received - ask /call for expected print times.

• FedEx Kinkos - 751 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH 
  • www.fedexkinkos.com; 603-431-3535
  • Color up to 60" wide
  • Cost $8-15/ sq ft
  • Average gloss poster, ~$12/sq ft
  • Posters are printed on indoor vinyl.
  • In order to get a discounted price (printing $5-9/ sq ft), student must speak with Steve Poulin or general manager Brian McCreary.
  • Typically no more than 24hr notice required, often on demand / same day
  • Formats PDF (acrobat 7.0 'print booklet' capability), jpeg, tiff, etc.

• MegaPrint - P.O. Box 87, Plymouth, NH, 03264
  • UNH Faculty comment that this resource is very good quality, helpful, timely and has competitive prices
  • For details see: www.megaprint.com