The ADPF Wide-Format Printer
The Caltech Astronomy Department has a wide-format printer, an HP DesignJet Z5200PS. It can print on paper up to 42" wide. It is located in room 248 on the second floor in Cahill. It is currently loaded with 42" satin photo paper, appropriate for most conference posters.
Astronomy department users may print to this printer using the standard print queue, "poster248". Users from departments other than Astronomy should contact help@astro.caltech.edu before sending their job to the printer. There are a public Mac and PC in Cahill 249 which may be used for sending jobs to the printer. The passwords for those computers may be obtained from one of us.
Note that the file to be printed must be the size desired for the output! Be sure to check both the "Page Setup", to make sure that the document is the correct size, and the "Paper Size", to make sure that the paper being printed on is large enough to accomodate the document.
Instructions for common tasks associated with the printer, such
as changing the paper roll, are provided in the "Quick Reference
Guide" to the printer, which can be found in the small bin on
the right end of the printer itself. Please see Patrick Shopbell
(Cahill 311, x4097) or Anu (Cahill 228, x4006) or Carl (Cahill 227,
x6462) for assistance.
March 2019 Important policy change: Due to a lack of staff resources, we are no longer providing poster printing to outside parties (i.e., outside of Caltech Astronomy). We apologize for the inconvenience, but we currently are not able to assist with such printing. Outside individuals requiring poster printing should contact Graphic Resources or an off-campus source, such as Kinko's.
Please send any questions and feedback to help@astro.caltech.edu.