Large Format Printer User Guide The Large Format Printers on the 1st floor of the Saltire Centre are commonly referred to as the poster printers Both printers are the same model: Epson Stylus Pro 9600

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Large Format PrinterUser GuideThe Large
Format Printers on the 1st floor of the Saltire
Centre are commonly referred to as the poster
printers Both printers are the same
modelEpson Stylus Pro 9600
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• Microsoft Word is NOT suitable for Large Scale
  Format Printing
• You can use
• Microsoft Power Point
• Microsoft Publisher
• or
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• For poster presentation it is recommended that
  Microsoft Power Point or Publisher is used as the
  preferred application for design and layout
• The print properties settings (when you select
  print and then click on the properties button)
  are the same for all Microsoft applications
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Student Poster PrintingA0 and A1

• Where are the poster printers
• The poster printers are on the first floor of
  the Saltire Centre
• The poster printers will produce 2 different
  sizes of poster
• A0 and A1
• There are 2 different types of poster finish
  Glossy or Matt
• Glossy Finish A0 costs 30 per sheet and A1
  costs 15 per sheet
• Matt Finish A0 costs 16 per sheet and A1
  costs 8.00 per sheet

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The large format printers are located on Level
1of the Saltire Centre
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Page Setup PublisherWhen creating a new
document select page size A4 portrait or
landscape.
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Page Setup PowerPointWhen creating a new
document select the design tab and then the
page setup button. Then select size A4 from the
Page Setup menu portrait or landscape.
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How can I print 

• Immediately after you have logged on a pop up
  message will appear with information relating to
  the poster printers
• You must read this message if you intend using
  the poster printers or any other premium printing
  service

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Connecting to the Printer

• Double click on the Poster Printers folder
  which is located on the desktop
• A list of poster printer and paper size icons
  will be displayed A0 A1 Matt and Glossy
  Finish types
• Choose accordingly by double clicking on the
  appropriate icon
• You will then by connected to the printer of your
  choice

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• Before sending a job to print you must
• Ensure that you have enough print credits to pay
  for your job double click on the pound () sign
  in the icon tray this will show your current
  print balance
• Poster Printing Costs for Academic Session
  2008/09 are
• A1 Matt Colour Poster 8
• A1 Glossy Colour Poster 15
• A0 Matt Colour Poster 16
• A0 Glossy Colour Poster 30
• Ensure you click the scale to fit page button
  on the print preference box and any other options
  you may require e.g. current page
  number etc
• Once you are satisfied you have chosen the
  correct print preferences you should then click
  on the printer properties box and ensure the
  correct options are chosen

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Printer Properties Options 1 Select the
Paper tab 2 Check that the paper size is set
to the same as that of your original document
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3 Select the Layout tab 4 Click on
Reduce/Enlarge 5 Select Output Paper Size
A0 or A1 6 Ensure Fit to page
button is selected
NOTE If you send a job to print with the source
file and Output Paper Size both set to A4 you
will not be charged as the job will spool to the
printer but then delete itself!
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• Click on the Main tab and ensure that the
  r is set to Quality and not Speed.
• Once you are satisfied that all the correct
  options have been chosen send the job to print by
  clicking the ok and print buttons

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•  The printer manager will show you the
  performance of the printing

The printer will not begin to print until it has
received all the data
The status information shows information about
your printing project. Deleting-Printed Your
project has been printed Deleting-Printed-Insuffi
cient balance You have not enough money into
your digital account
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• Printer Settings Points to Remember
• Paper size in the main and paper tabs should
  always be the same
• After checking that both sizes are the same you
  should select your output paper size from the
  layout tab A0 or A1
• The output paper size should always be selected
  from the layout tab
• Selecting the paper size in the paper tab will
  result in the user being overcharged as the job
  will go through as more that one page
• Choosing the quality over speed option (main
  tab) will activate the Microweave option which
  will result in a greater quality of output
• In the printer preference box you should always
  choose the scale to fit paper option
• Before printing a job it is advisable to use the
  print preview option what you see here is what
  will print