Making your own poster may sound difficult. It is a lot easier than you think. You don't even need leave your house to do it either! All you need is a computer and a printer. No professional printing costs are needed! Let me walk you through it.
I started with this 8x11 quote print. I created it but you can turn any 8x11 quote into a large poster. If you want this quote, it is your
freebie for August! Download
Future Quote here.
As you can see the quote poster is a simple 8x11 sheet of paper. Nothing fancy. Just a simple small poster. I thought it was too cute to stay small. If you want it in your school hallway or door, it really needs to stand out and be larger.
Here is a screenshot of the poster in pdf format.
To print:
1. Select POSTER.
The image display shows it to print 11x17.
2. If you need to see the
cut marks, choose the cut mark button. This will give you a guide for cutting.
3. Press PRINT.
The one page printed in 6 pages. Now we begin arranging the pages and add a few cuts here and there.
As you can see you need to do a few cuts around the edges of each page before you can totally assemble it.
After each page was cut, I laminated it. Note: This would be easier if you have a large laminator instead of laminating individual pages. It still works but would have been nice to run the entire poster through a big laminator.
I kept the right side of the pages with a slight border so when I pieced it together it was stronger in the middle. I only cut the pages on the left. Whatever you decide to do, will probably work. I just wanted to reinforce the middle.
And just like that...11x17 poster!
