Poster Printing at the Bollinger Digital Fabrication Lab, Holman Biotech Commons

• Decide on what your budget will cover:
  • Maximum poster dimensions 
  • Material (paper at $0.04 or travel-friendly fabric at $0.08)
  • Carrying tubes: Cardboard ($5) or reusable ($30)
  • Priority service + $25 per poster (required if the files are submitted 1 business day or less from need-by date)
     
• Email the above to biomedposter@gmail.comand include the following:
  • event / need-by date
  • expected submission date
  • number of posters (a range is ok)
  • method of payment: departmental budget code or credit card
  • packaging preference: would you like the posters rolled together in batches or individually? 

Note: because it is extremely confusing and time-consuming to communicate about quality control issues via an intermediary person, we can only print posters in bulk "AS IS", meaning without a quality check.  By using the bulk option you understand and agree to this. 

If paying by departmental budget code, you must submit a pre-approval request to your business administrator. Make sure to include:

• the number (or range) of posters to be printed
• poster dimensions (or range)
• material 
• add-ons (carrying tubes, priority service)

After you submit the form, your BA will receive an email.  Inform your BA that they will have to click on the email, fill out and submit the rest of the form.  We cannot process the order until we have received the complete form.

Detailed cost information

Make sure the members of your class or department know the requirements:

• Maximum poster dimensions covered by the department.
• Deadline for submitting orders:  For large groups we request even more lead time.  If the department will not pay for priority (rush) service, please make that clear to your group.

• Collect poster files in PDF form.  Upload posters to a cloud (preferrably Google Drive or Dropbox) that allows access across organizations and give access to biomedposter@gmail.com, varvarak@upenn.edu and audreyfa@upenn.edu.  
  Remember, we will be printing these posters "AS IS", meaning without a quality check, so please thoroughly inspect files before uploading (and ignore the "We will let you know if something is terribly wrong" part on the form - that applies to individual orders only). 
• Submit the online order
  • Include the poster dimensions or a range, if applicable (just make sure you stay within the parameters pre-approved by your business administrator)
  • Include all your add-ons such as carrying tubes (if you'd like posters to be rolled together in batches, please specify so in the notes)
  • Include the cloud link to the folder in the notes
  • The form may require an uploaded PDF file to go through.  Use a dummy pdf (like the one below).  Do not use a real poster as this may lead to mix-ups.