A Teacher’s Guide to Printing Posters at Home

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There is a lot going on in your classroom each day. Sometimes we need to draw our students’ attention to the things that really matter.

What better way to do that than by printing classroom posters instead of just normal pieces of paper??

This way students can really engage with the resources we are putting around our room and be reminded of what is really important.

Here are some simple steps to follow to print any classroom decor item as a poster.

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Tutorial Video

If you are someone who learns by watching someone else and following along, this video is for you!

Step-by-Step Process

If following a list of directions is more your speed, follow these steps for printing classroom posters:

I do want to mention that my computer uses Adobe to open PDF documents, and that may change the printing options. So, if yours doesn’t look exactly like this, try downloading the FREE PDF Viewer from Adobe from this website.

First, open your PDF document in an Adobe viewer program.
Then, choose the page number you want to print.
I suggest printing ONE page at a time to keep things from getting too confusing.
Next, select “Poster” from the “Page Sizing & Handling” options box.
Then, change the “Tile Scale” number to 180.
Then, change the “Overlap” number to 0.001
Finally, click print!

This image shows a PDF printing box with key elements highlighted to help show the steps needed to print an item poster sized.

This will print your poster out on 4 pieces of paper.

This image shows a 120s chart printed on four pieces of paper so it is large enough to be a poster.

You will need to do a little trimming around the middle of the poster to take away the margins. Then, all that is left is taping the papers together to create one giant poster!