Printing Services
Welcome to Printing Services!
We are a professional print shop on the UW-Whitewater campus located at:
UW-Whitewater Bookstore
780 W Starin Rd.
Whitewater, WI 53191
Phone: 262-472-1002
Email: printservices@uww.edu
We offer the following services:
Black and White Printing
Printing Services offers full black and white duplicating and printing services. Please send your job electronically or provide a hard copy format. The preferred electronic file format is PDF (Portable Document Format). PDF files under 16 MB can easily be attached to the online printing order form or by providing the file on a USB flash drive.
Color Printing
Printing Services offers full color duplicating and printing services. Please send your job electronically or provide a hard copy format. The preferred electronic file format is PDF (Portable Document Format). PDF files under 16 MB can easily be attached to the online printing order form or by providing the file on a USB flash drive.
Posters
Printing Services can print color posters up to 12 x 18 inches with no bleed, or 11 x 17 inches with bleed. Please send your job electronically. The preferred electronic file format is PDF (Portable Document Format). PDF files under 16 MB can easily be attached to the online printing order form or by providing the file on a USB flash drive. Posters larger than 12 x 18 inches should be sent to the Andersen General Access Lab/Media Lab, Room L1008.
Finishing
Printing Services offers a number of finishing services, including folding, cutting, stapling, laminating, hole punching and binding.
Press-ready and prepress checklist
PRESS-READY PDF
If you are creating a file with InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, use the "Press-Quality" PDF file pre-set export feature. If your layout includes printing to any edges of the page, the bleed allowance must be at least .188" on those edges. Be sure to include crop marks in files with bleed allowances. If you need help setting up press-ready files, here are links to YouTube tutorials:
Setting up bleeds and crop marks in InDesign
Setting up bleeds and crop marks in Illustrator
Setting up bleeds and crop marks in Photoshop
ADDITIONAL FILE FORMATS
We also support the following programs on both Mac OS and Windows operating systems: Microsoft Office for Mac and Microsoft Office for Windows (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). We are not able to accept Microsoft Publisher files.
IMAGE RESOLUTION
For high quality printing results, image file resolution should be saved at 300 dpi (dots per inch) at 100 percent of the image's final output size. Vector graphics (EPS or Illustrator) are the preferred format for logos and graphics such as clip art, graphs, diagrams, etc.
NEED HELP MAKING YOUR FILE PRESS-READY? For $45 per hour (charged in quarter-hour increments), we can help with page makeup and resolve issues with your file to bring it up to press-ready specifications.
Rush charges and normal turnaround time
Please allow two weeks from date of submission for your project to be printed and delivered. Projects that require turnaround in less than 48 hours will be subjected to a rush charge (total + 50% of total). Printing Services staff will determine on a case-by-case basis-as workload and scheduling allow-if a rush job can be completed in less than 48 hours.
Reprinting a previous print order
Please submit a new printing order and provide the original press-ready file if you are requesting a reprint. We are not able to archive files.
Copy paper
We are not able to supply copy or printer paper to campus from our Printing Services inventory. To order paper, please use the online order form available on the Facilities, Planning, and Management web page.
Ready to place an order?
Printing order form »
On-Campus Business Card Request »
Contact us
262-472-1002 or printservices@uww.edu