Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Sun-Local Computing

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04/03/06 16:27:56 (20 years ago)

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cdelarcuz

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+= Emails on Poster Printing =
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+From: Fernando Camilo <fernando@astro.columbia.edu>
+
+Hi all,
+
+Several of you of late have been coming around like headless chickens 
+inquiring how to go about printing those fancy color posters that will 
+make a splash at the AAS and other meetings.  After some deliberation,
+we here suggest a good method that makes use of the Columbia University
+Printing Services.
+
+1. Produce a pdf file of your masterpiece.  How you do this is of
+course up to you.  Options include using 'staroffice', or making a
+postscript file and converting formats with 'ps2pdf'.  If you want
+to first generate a postscript file using Latex, David Alves has
+generously posted some instructions on his web site (have a look 
+[http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~alves/ here] in the area "Files for Colleagues/
+How to make banner poster in LaTex/download example poster" and follow
+the instructions in the ReadMe file).
+
+2. Now you must convey your pdf file to printing services.  You can
+put your file on a floppy or CD and bring it physically to 106
+Journalism (lower level), on the corner of college walk (116th St
+on campus) and Broadway, M-F, 9am-5pm.  Or you can use their anonymous
+ftp site: ftp to printing.columbia.edu logging in with 'anonymous'
+username and your e-mail as password.  Then make a directory that's
+a unique identifier (e.g., your name), cd into it, and ftp your file in 
+binary mode.  Note that in almost all cases you still have to go
+to the Journalism school physically to deal with payment (see 3. below)
+and they very much request that you bring a small (8"x11" or A4 or
+similar) version of your poster so they know what it's supposed to look
+like in order to make a better final product.
+
+3. Now you must let them know the file is there, what sort of format 
+poster you want, and pay for it.  You must decide on the format (size),
+of course.  In principle posters can be up to 42 inches wide and unlimited
+in length.  The cost is $12.5/square foot.  Supposedly it takes 2-3 business
+days, but of course this depends on load, etc, so don't leave it for 3 
+days before you fly to Seattle.
+
+Payment: you must have a valid account number.  If you're a student normally
+you should first speak to your advisor, and after s/he gives you the
+account number, go to the CAL office on the 10th floor and have the
+account number/authorized signature portion of the "Printing Services"
+form filled out by Donna, Trudy, or Frits (you can also get the form and
+have your advisor sign it).  Then walk it over to the Journalism school
+(see 2. above), all should be well, and a few days thereafter you'll be
+pleased.  IF for some reason you do not have someone with an account number
+that could reasonably pay for this expense, not all is lost: go and speak
+to Frits and he should be able to give you an account.  _IF_ you can't
+get in touch with people in the CAL office/Frits (they're all away on
+holidays surfing in the South Pacific, for instance), then you can do the
+following (but this is for emergencies only, honest):
+
+- e-mail Ms Karen D'Angelo at printing@columbia.edu, explain where you've
+just ftp'd your file to, what you want done with it, include in the e-mail
+the account number to be used, and a contact phone number of a person
+that can vouch for that account.
+
+And I believe that covers it.  You can find more about the Columbia
+University Printing services by calling 854-3233 or going to their web site
+at www.printing.columbia.edu.  And if you have any questions that I might
+be able to help with, don't be shy.
+
+Have fun,
+Fernando
+
+
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+
+From: Ben Sugerman <ben@astro.columbia.edu>
+Subject: latex example of conference poster
+
+
+I have written a latex .cls file to make 3x4 foot posters for conferences.  This 
+is complete with new font sizes, an annotated example (poster.tex) so you can 
+see how it is done, and a c-program that you can use to print your big poster 
+out on many sheets of letter paper and then tape together, in case you want to 
+proof it full size.  It also will print on a single sheet of letter paper, for 
+editing and handing out at the conference.  Full color text capability is 
+included.  It recognizes all aastex symbols.  Everything you need is explained 
+in poster.tex
+
+You can download the tarball [http://www.astro.columbia.edu/~ben/CU_poster.tar.gz here].
+
+Don't bother going to my homepage to click a link for the download--it isn't 
+there.  You must use the full link I've provided above.  I don't want the world 
+getting their hands on this until all the wrinkles are worked out of it.
+
+This is distributed as is.  I'm very happy to make improvements or fix bugs, but 
+I am not volunteering in the process to fix everyone's generic latex problems.
+
+-Ben
+
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+
+From: David Alves <alves>
+Subject: last minute posters
+
+Hi,
+
+For those still needing to print a poster,
+I recommend Kinkos, but not either of the 2 closest
+stores.  
+
+This week the printers at the 112th & Broadway store are
+on vacation, and the guy at the 72nd & Broadway store is a moron
+(also, they can't print larger than 36 inch wide banners).
+
+After complaining to help line, I was directed to this Kinkos:
+
+  New York NY  24th at Seventh 
+  245 Seventh Ave 
+  New York, NY 10001-7301 
+  (212) 929-2679
+
+They can print any size color poster in under 24 hours.  
+Also, the project manager "Michael" (a woman) is helpful.
+
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+HOW TO DO IT WITH A VERY LARGE EPS, PS, or PDF FILE:
+
+Go to [http://www.kinkos.com/ kinkos]
+
+Look for picture of lady holding yellow book, and 
+under her click on "Kinkonet web order"
+
+(NOTE -- there are other Kinko's web upload pages
+but this is the secret one with no file size limits.)
+
+Follow instructions and upload your poster to the
+"24th at Seventh" Kinkos,"
+then call Michael to arrange details of order.
+
+A glossy poster is $12 per square foot.
+A matte poster is $10 per square foot.
+Lamination (best with matte) is an extra $4 per square foot.
+
+For what it is worth, I am doing matte + laminate
+and I'll have it tomorrow (Friday) if you want to see.
+
+Cheers,
+Dave Alves
+
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+
+From: David Alves <alves>
+Subject: more last minute posters
+
+
+Hi all,
+
+Although Kinkos accepts EPS/PS poster files, that doesn't mean they
+can print them.  The problem is that they usually convert
+to PDF before printing (but do not tell you this).
+
+If they do not have the appropriate fonts, or if they
+do not know how to enable "ligatures"  (i.e. as LaTex uses for "fi"),
+then your poster will come out looking bad.
+A knowledgeable print shop can handle this, but the average Kinkos
+store cannot.  
+
+Although I am not sure that font embedding is necessary, the
+following commands for my poster created a PDF file that Kinkos could
+make into a proof and print.  It looks fine. 
+
+        latex alves2.tex
+        dvips -T 40.in,50.in -o alves2.ps alves2.dvi    
+        gv alves.ps
+        ps2pdf -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true alves2.ps alves2.pdf
+        acroread alves2.pdf
+        (submit alves2.pdf to Kinkos)
+
+Note that the -T option in dvips forces the bounding box to be full 
+size (I think).  This helps ghostview work, but it may not be necessary 
+for Kinkos to print the pdf file.
+
+good luck!
+
+Dave Alves
+
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