Burton D. Morgan Center
Poster Printer Policy and Guidelines
The MRGN Poster lab is for Discovery Park and Engineering Departments.
The following are guidelines all staff and students must use when submitting files for print to the poster print staff, or when using the machine within your own department.
-Posters should be in PowerPoint or pdf format. If the PowerPoint poster was created on a Mac it will need to be converted to pdf on the Mac before being sent to or before saving to flash drive to be printed at poster lab. Mac PowerPoint pictures and fonts do not always transfer correctly to a PC.
-Discovery Park trained staffmay use the poster printer at any time for academic purposes.Individuals requesting poster printingare encouraged to use the poster printer students within the posted hours. Having your poster printed at the Burton D. Morgan Center is not a guarantee. Walk-ins outside the scheduled poster lab hours may not be able to beaccommodated.
-Students or staff may email their presentation to the poster print staff to have it printed for them. Please allow 1-2 business days for your poster to be printed. The poster print staff will let you know when you can pick it up.
Email address:
Please provide the poster print staff with the following:
Your Name
Department/College
Reason for poster: i.e. – conference, poster session, research display
Date/Time you would like to pick it up
-Please use only non-colored backgrounds for your poster (no filled in color backgrounds). To highlight portions of your poster, small areas of color fillare acceptable.
-Please use standard/uniform sizes in either landscape or portrait measuring: 24” x 36” or 48” x 36”
-Staff and students: When you pick up your poster please sign the log-in sheet, located by the computer or on the table with the posters. Please write down the number of posters printed and what the posters will be used for along with other requested information.
-Paper will not always be guaranteed. If you are requesting to print a large quantity of posters you may be asked tobring your own paper. We should be notified ahead of time for large quantities.
Paper can be purchased from the GuyBrown Office Products Catalog through:
P8C6030C heavyweight coated paper 36 x 10
August 2011