When you want to make a large poster on your regular printer, try the free online service Block Posters. You can upload a graphic, then divide it into 8" x 12" chunks for printing. Print out each section and put them together on a poster board to make your own poster.
Note: if you've created your poster in Publisher, you'll want to follow these steps to save your document as an image first. Here's how:
If your library owns or plans to own a 3D printer, take a look at ALA's 3D Tip Sheet that explores the public policy opportunities and challenges of 3D printer access for your patrons.
Did you know it would be cheaper to print your vacation pictures with Dom Pérignon champagne? And it's antifreeze that makes an inkjet's water mix with the colors?
Printing from Excel can be frustrating if your spreadsheet is too wide or too tall to fit on a single page. If those last few columns or rows print on a second page, it makes the info harder to digest.
One option is to use the "Fit Sheet on One Page" command from the scaling drop-down menu to shrink the page — but that can make your spreadsheet way too small to read.
Instead, watch this 3-minute video to see Mary Sanseverino demonstrate a different way to print your large-ish spreadsheet on a single page:
In August, Donna Fowler of Frank B, Koller Memorial Library (Manitowish Waters, WI) asked WisPubLib readers for information on providing a wireless print server for laptop users:
Have you or a patron ever accidentally printed something by mistake? Maybe 20 pages of a long document or web page, when all you needed was the first page?
Good news -- the next time this happens to you or one of your patrons, there's a way to cancel a print job, even if it's already started printing. Here's how:
For most documents I print, I only need a black & white copy for myself, so choose not to use the color ink cartridge or high-quality mode.
Since that's my choice for 95% of what I print, I've set that as the default mode for my printer, so I only need to tweak the settings when I want a color or best quality printout.
Printing a spreadsheet that has many rows and columns can be a challenge. Before you print, you can quickly rearrange page breaks to define what will be printed on each page. Your printout will look just right, and no paper will be wasted on bad printouts or blank pages. This short video demonstrates how you can use Page Break Preview to drag to easily drag page breaks to precisely the spot you want them.