Important Printing Notices

How We Operate: Before submitting an order, carefully review the following pages to avoid situations where your poster is not printed: Guidelines, FAQ, Cost & Billing.

Available Print Slots: 100 print slots are available per available Wednesday. The number of remaining printing slots can viewed on our Poster Printing Queue page. Direct any questions to posters@abraxas.wustl.edu BEFORE submitting a poster.

SERVICE INTERRUPTION: Printing will be unavailable on the following Wednesdays. Consult our FAQ for other locations to print.

  • April 22, 2026
  • April 29, 2026
  • September 9, 2026
  • September 16, 2026

Submission Deadline

The below form will cease to accept submissions after 100 poster submissions or at 5pm on each Tuesday (whichever situation occurs first and regardless of the poster queue). Once this form closes, you will need to print elsewhere. There are no exceptions. Attempts to submit an order via email between the hours of 5pm Tuesday and 8am Wednesday will be deleted without reply from poster staff.


Knight ADRC Poster Printing Request
DO NOT enter CC0000000 or your order will be cancelled. We cannot process any form of payment other than through a WU Cost Center. A Cost Center always starts with CC followed by 7 digits. Speak to your department's business office or your PI for your appropriate Cost Center that will cover the cost of your poster. Providing incorrect information will result in your order being rejected/cancelled.
Do you need ADDITIONAL copies of your poster?
If you select "No" above, you will receive 1 print of your file.
Only change this IF you want ADDITIONAL copies of your poster printed.
Name:
Name:
First
Last
We will contact this email regarding pick-up.
We only print on Wednesdays. The deadline for submissions is 5pm the immediate Tuesday before. Some Wednesdays may be unavailable; see top of this page for unavailable dates.
List your principal investigator, mentor or supervisor.
Department responsible for payment. No numbers.
Who handles your purchasing/billing or is a part of your business office?
Also provide a justification in this space for the poster if charging the cost to a grant.

Media Type Selection

Please note that we only print on foldable fabric.


Sizing Specifications

You should already know your poster file's dimensions (height and width) before selecting one of the scaling options below. The largest poster we can print is 42" x  708". Refer to Our Maximum Printable Dimensions section for more detailed information. If you have questions, contact posters@abraxas.wustl.edu before submitting a poster order.

Scaling Desired:

* Scaling, when applied, is applied proportionally to the entire poster.

Unsure of sizing with scaling? Use our Scaling Calculator.


Printing with Margins

Printed posters where one dimension is not either 36" or 42" will result in a margin. When possible, we put the margin below the bottom dimension (as if it were hanging for presentation). Sometimes, typically with vertical/portrait posters, this is not possible and the margin will end up on either the right or left side of the poster. Please answer the question below on how you want the margin to appear should this happen. Per our FAQ, we do not trim posters.

If my posters ends up with a margin on the left/right side, please:

Printing Acknowledgment & Terms of Printing

By clicking the box below, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood the following pages as they relate to printing posters at the Knight ADRC: Poster Homepage, Cost & Billing, FAQ, Fonts & Posters, Guidelines, Templates and Media Types. You also acknowledge that providing incorrect information on this order form may result in your order being rejected/cancelled. Questions regarding these pages should be directed to posters@abraxas.wustl.edu BEFORE submitting an order.

Printing & Terms Acknowledgment

File Revision Fee

By clicking the box below, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood that as of January 1, 2025, revised poster files submitted to the Knight ADRC poster service between the hours of 12pm and 5pm on Tuesdays will incur a $20 revision fee per submitted revision in addition to the standard cost of the printed poster. A list of alternative locations that print posters is provided on our FAQ page.

Revision Fee Acknowledgment

Sending Poster Files

  • Absolutely no files (new or revisions) are accepted for printing after 5pm on Tuesday. Orders without poster files will be cancelled at 5pm without exception.
  • We only accept PDF files for printing.
  • In order to prevent form spamming, files must be provided via our Box Upload option.
  • Once this order form has been submitted, instructions and a link are provided on the confirmation page (and in your confirmation email) to access the Box Upload page.
  • You have 20 MINUTES to upload your files via the Box Upload option once you submit this order form or your order will be cancelled. Please note that absolutely no files will be accepted past the 5pm deadline on a Tuesday. If you submit an order at 4:50pm on a Tuesday, your file must be uploaded by 5pm or your order will be cancelled.
  • Triple-check each file you send. It is your responsibility to verify the dimension of the PDF(s) you are submitting match the source document's dimensions and the contents look correct. We will not edit any submitted file in any way before printing. We print exactly what you provide at the scaling you select on this order form.
  • If you submit a PDF sized at 8.5x11 or 7.5x13.333 and select Same as File's Dimensions for the Scaling Desired section, your order will be cancelled.
I will provide my poster file via:

Review Before Submitting Order

Review ALL of the information you provided above BEFORE submitting this order form. Any errors from information provided above or discrepancies between the order form and the file(s) uploaded WILL result in your order being rejected. You will be required to submit a new order before the form closes.