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 * Cedar House Media Beaverton  * $36, Cedar House Media Beaverton
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 * Costco
  . 20x30 $8.99 6060x9090 with edge bleed (300 dpi)
   . $2.16/sf
   . Probably waterproof, prints on vinyl to make stickers with cuttable boundaries
   . Printer firmware is Linux(!), Windows drivers only for the host
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 * Kinkos Beaverton - $7.25/sf, 60 inch wide any length, "200dpi"
  . Coated paper, may smear when wet
 * $36, Costco
  . 20x30 $8.99 ($2.16/sf) 6060x9090 with edge bleed (300 dpi)
  . my membership has elapsed, it costs $55 to renew

 * $87,
Kinkos Beaverton - $7.25/sf, 60 inch wide any length, "200dpi", 3 days
  . Coated paper, may smear when wet?
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  . Waterproof with the right media, but does Kinkos stock it?

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Making posters:
 * GIMP - really hard to edit afterwards
 * Scribus -> PDF -> bitmap, maybe?
 * LyX / Latex / [[ http://www-i6.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~dreuw/latexbeamerposter.php | beamerposter ]] - PDF
  * /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer, then texhash
  * [[ http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ERT | ERT ]] evil red text
  * With RHEL5, and qt 4.2.1.1, I can't upgrade beyond LyX 1.5.6
 * convert -geometry 8100x5400 -density 1200x1200 -quality 100 trimet*pdf tri.png ( 8 minutes, 54MB, looks great )
 * kpsepath, kpsewhich, ???
 * [[http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm]]
 * LyX really isn't designed for posters, and to make it so involves configuration stuff that is way beyond my skillset
 * I can write this in tex using sciposter
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Posters

Beaverton poster printers

  • Bear Printing Tigard - no posters, largest 13x19
  • $36, Cedar House Media Beaverton
    • Cory recalls: $3/sf, 18 inch wide any length 600 dpi
    • Roland VersaStudio BN-20

      • CMYK 1440dpi, 20 inch wide, USB2
      • manual

      • Probably waterproof, prints on vinyl to make stickers with cuttable boundaries
      • Printer firmware is Linux(!), Windows drivers only for the host
  • $36, Costco
    • 20x30 $8.99 ($2.16/sf) 6060x9090 with edge bleed (300 dpi)
    • my membership has elapsed, it costs $55 to renew
  • $87, Kinkos Beaverton - $7.25/sf, 60 inch wide any length, "200dpi", 3 days
    • Coated paper, may smear when wet?
    • HP Z6100 1200 dpi inkjet 8 color(!)
    • HP-RTL, HP-GL/2, CALS G4, TIFF and JPEG files
    • Waterproof with the right media, but does Kinkos stock it?


Making posters:

  • GIMP - really hard to edit afterwards
  • Scribus -> PDF -> bitmap, maybe?

  • LyX / Latex / beamerposter - PDF

    • /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer, then texhash
    • ERT evil red text

    • With RHEL5, and qt 4.2.1.1, I can't upgrade beyond LyX 1.5.6
  • convert -geometry 8100x5400 -density 1200x1200 -quality 100 trimet*pdf tri.png ( 8 minutes, 54MB, looks great )
  • kpsepath, kpsewhich, ???
  • http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm

  • LyX really isn't designed for posters, and to make it so involves configuration stuff that is way beyond my skillset
  • I can write this in tex using sciposter

6000x9000

300x300

12000x18000

300x300

165m28s

12000x18000

600x600

Posters (last edited 2013-02-08 00:33:42 by KeithLofstrom)