☛ If you are planning to print to other than 'letter' size paper, see Paper size Guide.

☛ Artisan, our poster printer has 36 inches wide roll paper. Default paper size on a document and printer driver in the United States is 'Letter' size (8.5x11 inches).

Important: Most common user mistakes in printing poster is forgetting to set the right paper size in 2 places before printing. You must set both paper size to the right size for
1. Document Page Setup - so the document will print in the size you want.
2. Printer Driver - so it knows what papersize is installed on the printer.

☛ The best way to print poster is to print to PDF first. The PDF will give you a preview of what will be printed on the printer. When your PDF proof is ready, print the PDF file to the poster printer. Don't forget to check the paper size set on your printer driver before printing your poster.

☛ If you need a freeware PDF writer for Windows, see BullZip, MacOS has built in ability to print to PDF.

☛ For CUPS users (Mac and Linux OS), Don't forget to use printserverh.cs.rutgers.edu for your printserver to turn off banner page when setting up for the color or poster printers. This will make sure no banner page will ever get printed to these printers even if you forget to turn off the header in the lpr command.

☛ If a printer driver for any of our printer is not available on your computer, select the closest available model to our printer. Otherwise, use Generic Postscript Printer driver.

☛ Due to lack of drivers on our Unix/Linux installation currently, Single sided printing can not be achieved when using lpr command. If you would like to print single side, please print from system that built in driver like Windows, MacOS or Linux with CUPS driver installed.