Poster Printing

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Poster Printing Policies

Executive summary:

The Fine Print:

  1. Poster printing through FSU Libraries is only available to patrons belonging to the FSU community. Faculty, staff, actively enrolled students, and academic, athletic and business departments qualify. Friends of the Library, visiting scholars without a verifiable FSU affiliation and other members of the general public do not.
  2. FSU Libraries will only print posters for patrons who have filled out a Poster Printing Request form. Emailed copies of electronic versions of the form qualify; informal requests received via email do not. If we receive the request electronically, the patron must sign the form before picking up the poster. It is absolutely imperative that the poster printers be able to call or email the patron. 3. Poster printers have neither the time nor the resources to reprint posters gratis because of typos or factual errors. The proofreading of posters falls outside the duties of the printers. All responsibility for spelling, grammar and accuracy belongs to the patron. Should the patron discover an error of this sort after printing, he or she must pay full price for a reprint.
  3. All patrons from outside the FSU Libraries must pay for poster printing. We do not accept payment. Instead, we forward the charges to the patron’s FSU account, and the University does the collection. We will accept an approved and signed Interdepartmental Request and Journal Entry Form (IDR). Patrons should understand that a payment agreement must exist before a printed poster may leave the library. Again, unless we receive an IDR, the FSU business office will charge the patron’s FSU account.
  4. We will not print large posters with dark-colored backgrounds, as they require too much ink. Special considerations might apply depending on the patron or project.
  5. We will not print posters containing copyrighted works unless the poster makes use of those works in accordance with the Fair Use doctrine. See http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html for more information. In short, using copyrighted material in an academic setting is allowed as long as:
    • the patron does not reproduce the entire work
    • the patron uses the material “for the purposes of illustration or comment,” or
    • the patron uses the material “to illustrate a lesson.”
  6. Keep in mind that “copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself. It does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.”