‘Large Format Printing’ Category
Media Services pricing updates
Effective September 1st 2009, the prices for services rendered will be adjusted due to an increase in the cost of materials and shipping. While it pains us to have to do this, certain services such as Lamination have not had a cost adjustment in roughly 15 years, yet the cost of materials have continued to […]
Media Services billing process
A recent number of phone calls with questions about how billing for services works with Media Services has prompted a bit of explanation of what is going on. First off, Media Services is one of a few departments on campus that does not use the traditional Interdepartmental Invoice system in which an invoice is sent over to the […]
Large format printing overload. . . expect delays
This is a general heads up that Media Services is experiencing a higher than usual number of requests for large format prints. As the Gustavus Community prepares for the upcoming combined festivities of The Presidential Inauguration, Home Coming, Reunions, Family Weekend, and the Nobel Conference there are greater than usual large requests happening simultaneously in addition to […]
gac.edu or gustavus.edu?
There is no doubt that community members are familiar with both the gustavus.edu and gac.edu domains. The gac.edu is most commonly used on campus because it is shorter and was established first. At the same time, Gustavus would like to be known as “Gustavus” and not “GAC” to the outside world, so both exist. Appropriate […]
Media Services VirtualOffice 6
With summer “break” ending in a month, Media Services is still hard at work on VirtualOffice 6, the successor to our current version. After using version 5 for over a year and collecting some much-appreciated feedback from students, faculty, and staff on campus, we have learned a great deal about how VirtualOffice helps everyone using […]
Introducing: Shrink-Wraped Posters
In response to multiple requests for an inexpensive way to protect large format posters and banners, Media Services will be shrink wrapping all posters and banners printed as of July 2008. Shrink wrap packaging will be used on all media except foam mounted posters. No changes to pricing have been made and is included in the original […]
Introducing: Epson Stylus Pro 11880
With the frequent failure of the six year old (that’s how long we had it after purchasing it used) Encad 750 large format printer, a new large format printer has been added to replace our oldest large format printer. The Encad 750 has been replaced with a Epson Stylus Pro 11880. This new 64″ large […]