Informations

1: You create your poster

You create your poster with PowerPoint, InDesign or a software of your choice and save it as a PDF.

Design guidelines

Templates

2: Order form

You upload your file using our order form and fill in all the details.

place order
3: Self collection

We print your poster and send you an e-mail when we are finished

You collect your poster from the Inselspital yourself
Sahlihaus 2, entrance 38
attic floor (Site map).

The collection point is not staffed.

Our printing times are from Monday to Friday from 08:00 – 17:00, excluding public holidays.

Please note that the deadline is always the time at which we receive the order.

Normal

Production of the poster within 48 hours (2 working days)

For example: If you want to collect the poster on Tuesday at 09:00, we must receive the order by 09:00 on Friday at the latest.
The guaranteed processing time is 2 working days. Shorter times are only possible in the event of a low workload.

Express

Production of the poster within 24 hours (1 working day)

For example: If you want to collect the poster on Tuesday at 09:00, we must receive the order by 09:00 on Monday at the latest. For orders that are uploaded after 17:00, the time calculation (24h) does not start until the following day at 08:00.
Conditions for an express service: The design instructions on the website must be taken into account. Express orders will be carried out within the limits of our personnel resources. To be on the safe side, please enquire by e-mail beforehand: medposter.iml@unibe.ch
Additional charge for express orders: CHF 30.-

Pick-up

Easy to pick up by yourself at the Inselspital.

  • You collect your finished poster from the Inselspital yourself as soon as we have confirmed completion by e-mail.
    Building 14, Sahlihaus 2, entrance 38, attic floor (Sitemap).
    Sahlihaus 2 is open from Monday to Sunday as follows: 06:00 – 18:00.
  • We will have your poster ready for you. The collection point is not staffed.
    (Unfortunately, we cannot offer a shipping service to your desired address).

TexPoster

(Double the priceof a poster of the same size with normal paper)

Thanks to our textile poster, transporting your poster is particularly convenient for you. The poster is printed directly on textile, which means that it can be folded without being damaged. This means it can be stowed away in a suitcase or similar piece of luggage to save space – making bulky poster rolls a thing of the past.

We recommend the following method to transport the poster as crease-free as possible:

  • Fold the poster over lengthways
  • Once folded, wrap the poster with the narrower side around a piece of fabric, a roll of household paper or something similar
  • Care instructions: As well as being easier to transport, the textile poster is also more robust than a standard poster. It is tear-resistant and can be ironed smooth again if creases form:
  • Iron from the reverse side
  • Lowest temperature
  • No steam

QR-Code

With our QR code option for CHF 4.90, your poster will be available online on our server for at least 24 months.

The small-format QR code with a small printed Internet address is printed minimally on the poster, usually at the bottom right.

Poster viewers now have the option of calling up your information using their mobile phone: Using a QR code app, you can display the PDF file of your poster that we have saved.

Design guidelines

We print posters from files in PDF format. Please do not use PowerPoint files. Please create a PDF document and make sure that the page size is not set to A4, but to the desired size of your poster. Please also ensure that embedded bitmaps have a sufficiently high resolution (pixel size).

Poster dimensions

Large formats

  • A0 = 841 mm x 1189 mm
  • A1 = 594 mm x 841 mm

Small formats

  • A2 = 420 mm x 594 mm
  • A3 = 297 mm x 420 mm

We do not print formats smaller than A3.

Special formats

Special formats possible with a maximum width of 1040 mm.

Posters whose width exceed 1040 mm cannot be printed, e.g. 1200 x 1500 mm. Therefore, in such a case, reduce one dimension to 1040 mm.

Tools for conversion
Aspect ratio: https://www.laserworld.com/de/laserworld-toolbox-de/seitenverhaeltnis-rechner.html
Zoll/Zentimeter: https://www.metric-conversions.org/de/lange/zoll-in-zentimeter.htm

Backgrounds, gradients, transparencies
If possible, use a white or light-coloured background. Very dark colours, diagonal colour gradients (corner-corner) and transparencies are printed incorrectly.

Poster design by graphic designer

We also offer the option of having the poster produced in part or in full by our graphic designer. It is best if you bring us all the text and graphics in digital form (USB stick or file-sharing services). The work is carried out according to an approved cost estimate.

Templates

Templates of the University of Bern available under Downloads > Plakate : to the templates