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Large format posters
Design Services offer a large-format inkjet printing and laminating service for one-off posters, presenting research and other projects, created by University staff or students.
Please let us know the finished size of your poster and whether you would like it laminated (for which there is a small additional charge) or left plain. We recommend lamination as our posters are not waterproof and tear easily. They are liable to fade quickly if left in strong sunlight although they will last for a long time if kept out of the sun.
Printing posters, whether laminated or not, takes three working days so please allow enough time and don’t leave things to the last minute!
Powerpoint templates for large format posters
These are Powerpoint templates for one-off large format posters only. This type of poster is used to display research findings at conferences and seminars. Under no circumstance should these templates be used for anything else. Separate templates are available for Powerpoint presentations.
These templates have been set up for A4 and are suitable for enlargement to either A1 or A0 size.
- Portrait with title bar
- Portrait without title bar
- Landscape with title bar
- Landscape without title bar
Cost of posters
We can charge your poster to a University account code or you can pay cash (which is more expensive as the price includes 15% VAT). Posters are supplied rolled and we can also provide heavy card poster tubes for £2.00 each. (Laminated posters can be rolled without damage.)
Prices for popular sizes are given below but we can output other sizes to a maximum of 900mm x 2,000mm providing you set up your file to the correct dimensions. Posters can be printed in landscape or portrait configuration.
| Paper size | Dimensions (mm) | Poster only: account |
Poster only: cash* |
Poster + laminate: account |
Poster + laminate: cash* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2 | 420 x 594 | £10.00 | £12.00 | £18.50 | £22.20 |
| A1 | 594 x 841 | £14.00 | £16.80 | £24.00 | £28.80 |
| A0 | 841 x 1189 | £23.00 | £27.60 | £39.00 | £46.80 |
* includes VAT
Supplying files and collecting posters
Please supply finished poster designs in Powerpoint 2007 or as PDFs. We may be able to use other types of file by arrangement if neither of these formats is available.
You can email your files to posters@le.ac.uk or bring them on a memory stick or CD to Design Services, Ground Floor, Fielding Johnson Building South Wing (see map) from where finished posters can be collected.
Design Services is open between 9.00am and 4.00pm, Monday to Friday. Please note that the South Wing is not accessible from either the main Fielding Johnson Building or the Library.
For further information please ring 0116 223 1316 during office hours and ask for Jamie, Billy or Steve, or email posters@le.ac.uk.
