Poster Printing

Instructors and organizers of events that requires students getting posters printed: please reach out to Dr. Liu (liuk@uncw.edu) as soon as you know this will be a requirement. She will provide you with a specific deadline and instructions for submitting posters that will need to be shared with the students. It’s guaranteed that she will reach her maximum possible number of posters in early December and April, so you will want to get in the schedule early to avoid having to change deadlines for your students and schedules for your courses.

General instructions and tips for making posters can be found on the How to Make a Poster and Guidelines for Posters pages. Instructions for submitting your poster to be printed are below. We will print posters ONCE, so please read everything very carefully. We reserve the right to decline posters that do not meet the rules and guidelines described.

All submitted posters must be “Printer Ready”. This means all proof reading must be done and approvals received from your mentors and co-authors before the file is submitted. We will not make changes or corrections to poster files. Do not submit "placeholder" posters just to meet a deadline.

If you upload the wrong file and OneDrive won’t let you delete it, there are many options to resolve the problem:

1. You can override the file by uploading a new file with exactly the same name.
2. Move it to the Do Not Print folder and then upload the correct file into the original folder. If you get an error about authorization privileges, calmly and politely email Dr. Liu with the file name you would like her to delete.
3. If the only problem is an incorrect filename, calmly and politely email Dr. Liu with the current file name and what the new file name should be.

Do not leave multiple files in the main folder. This can result in significant delays or the incorrect poster being printed, which wastes time, energy, and resources.

There should be only one poster per file. If a file has more than one poster, we will simply not print anything.

Reminder: We will print posters ONCE. If you must make a change to your poster file after the folder has been closed, email Dr. Katherine Liu (liuk@uncw.edu) so the job can be put on hold. It is your responsibility to make the changes and submit a new PDF file for printing in an appropriate timeframe. CSURF will only print one poster per student per event so if the original poster has already been printed, you will need to find another printer (many departments have printers, but you can also go to UNCW Printing Services, Office Depot, FedEx, etc). If the error is due to something we did (e.g., the colors are off due to an empty cartridge), we are happy to reprint but this must be brought to our attention within a reasonable timeframe and do not expect an on-demand reprint. If you are presenting the same work at two events relatively close together, please save your poster and reuse it at subsequent events.