{"id":506,"date":"2015-09-11T13:40:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/?p=506"},"modified":"2016-09-29T11:48:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T15:48:21","slug":"making-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/2015\/09\/11\/making-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Making posters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One of the most popular activities\u00a0in the Graphics Lab is poster making!<\/strong> Posters\u00a0are great for displaying classroom rules, keeping students on track with a concept, or advertising an upcoming event. There are a couple of different ways to make posters . . . with copy machines -OR- with the Poster Printer.\u00a0<em>At this time, the Graphics Lab doesn&#8217;t have the ability to make a large poster from a same size large poster.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Copy machines<\/strong> can only print on a maximum size of 11&#8243; x 17, which is a mini-poster. Print can be all black ink -or- full color &amp;\u00a0either paper -or- card stock can be used. Another option is to print two halves of an image to make a 17&#8243; x 22&#8243; full color poster, but with a seam down the middle. Cost for copy machine posters\u00a0will vary, ranging from 10\u00a2 for all black ink on paper and up to $1.00 for full color\u00a0on card stock &#8211; making it considerably more economical\u00a0than the Poster Printer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Poster Printer<\/strong> takes\u00a0an original that is 8-1\/2&#8243; x 11&#8243; and converts it into a single ink color poster on white paper in the following sizes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Large\u00a023&#8243; x 31&#8243; for $4.50, Medium\u00a020&#8243; x 27&#8243; for $3.60, and Small\u00a017&#8243; x 22&#8243; for\u00a0$2.70.<\/li>\n<li>Single ink color choices are: Black, Blue, Purple, Red, Green, Hunter, or Maroon.<\/li>\n<li>Paper is white and thin (like old fax paper) &amp; usually gets laminated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any style poster can be laminated for an additional 35\u00a2 &#8211; $1.10 each\u00a0<em>(or at your school for free!).<\/em> The BONUS for laminating\u00a0is being able to use dry erase makers on the laminated poster!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The best original is a page filled with the largest, boldest lettering possible &amp; clean, simple graphics &#8211; c<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>all Carol to discuss the best way to get your information up\u00a0there!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular activities\u00a0in the Graphics Lab is poster making! Posters\u00a0are great for displaying classroom rules, keeping students on track with a concept, or advertising an upcoming event. There are a couple of different ways to make posters . . . with copy machines -OR- with the Poster Printer.\u00a0At this time, the Graphics &#8230; <a title=\"Making posters!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/2015\/09\/11\/making-posters\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Making posters!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/graphicslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}