Print Poster from Photoshop (Mac)

Where to find the Epson Stylus 9800 Plotter

The Epson Stylus 9800 Plotter is located in the alcove next to the Clapp Desk, 2nd floor. We strongly recommends reserving a date and time to use the plotter. 

Reservations: Most printing jobs that are ready to print will print in under 30 minutes, but please reserve 1 hour per poster in case there are problems with your document.

• Instructions for creating a plotter appointment (60 min slot) .
• Access the plotter appointment calendars and place a reservation:    Clapp |  Science

 

. Printing costs are $5.50 per linear foot for Epson Premium Glossy and Luster papers and $2.50 per linear foot for our new SiHL CAD paper. All paper costs are based on the amount of paper that was used, not the size of your poster.

Getting Started

All plotter print jobs must be sent from the computer located next to the plotter. If you created your poster on a PC, you should test opening it on a Macintosh computer in one of the computing labs around campus. You are expected to arrive at the plotter printer station with your posters ready to print. This means you may enlarge your poster to the appropriate printing size, but may not create your poster on the Macintosh computer used to send print jobs to the plotter.

Printing from Adobe Photoshop

1. Save a copy of your document to the computer's desktop. DO NOT work with a document from a disk, Google Docs, or on the network.

2. Open your image in Photoshop.

3. Set your image size. From the Image menu, select Image Size . A window titled Image Size will open.

In the Document Size section, Make sure the width and height menus are set to inches. Adjust the width and height to your desired size. One edge of your poster must not be greater than 36 inches. We recommend 35 inches to allow for margins. Set the Resolution field to 150, 180, 200, 300 or 600 pixels/ inch . Make sure the box next to Constrain Proportions is checked. Click OK.

• If your document's resolution is lower than 150 ppi, you may still be able to get a quality print. Uncheck the box next to Resample Image . Now the width, height, and resolution are linked. If you raise or lower the resolution, the document print size will adjust to accommodate it.

4. Go to the Layer menu and select Flatten Image . This will make the file size smaller and help the image print faster.

5. Go to the File menu and select Save As . Save a second copy of your document to the desktop under a second name.

6. Set the Paper Size and print your document.

• a) In Photoshop, click on the File menu and select Print .
  • Set the Printer field to Stylus Pro 9800

• Press the Page Setup button. A window titled Page Setup will open. In the Page Setup window:
  • The Settings field should show Page Attributes .
  • The Format for: field should be set to Stylus Pro 9800 .
  • Click the pull-down menu next to the Paper Size : field and select a page size close to the size of your document.

Towards the bottom of the list, you will find custom paper sizes from a minimum 36" x 6" to a maximum 36" x 90" Paper sizes 36" x 6" to 36" x 36" are listed in 2 inch increments. Paper sizes 36" x 40" to 36" x 90" are listed in 5 inch increments All the paper sizes are there even though they're not listed in order. As long as the height is correct, it is okay to choose a size which is 36" wide. The paper will feed out that large regardless. You also have the option of choosing from a large list of standard print sizes towards the top of the list. When you select a paper size from the preset standards, you can use any of the Roll Paper options.     Borderless (Auto Expand) - will automatically scale your document to fill the printable area on the paper Banner - will retain your manually set image size Borderless (Retain Size) - Allows you to print an image edge to edge exactly as you dictated in your image size. Once you have selected a preset standard, the paper dimensions will be shown underneath the selected paper size in the Page Setup window. Note, the crossed out selections in the picture exceed the size of the paper in the plotter, and are NOT acceptable paper sizes. When you are finished, click OK . You will return to the Print window.

7. Back in the Print window, confirm your image will fit properly on the paper size you selected.

Paper Size Too Small	Paper Configured Properly for Plotter

8. When you are satisfied with the appearance of your poster, press Print.

9. In the Apple Print window:

Make sure the Printer is set to Stylus Pro 9800 In the Preset s menu, select the color calibrated Preset that matches type of the paper currently in the printer. Click Print .

10. You may see an error message, "Some PostScript specific print settings (Emulsion, Interpolation, Calibration Encoding) will be ignored since you are printing to a non-PostScript printer. Click OK .