poster Alternatives

poster is described as 'Use the Poster program to create a Poster from an EPS or PostScript file. This is the grand-daddy of all poster programs and still exists as a Linux package. It was written in by Jos van Eijndhoven in 1995. Pdfposter depends on it. it only works with ps and eps files' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to poster for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and Python apps. The best poster alternative is Marq, which is free. Other great apps like poster are Rasterbator, Block Posters, Plakativ and pdfposter.

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  1. Marq icon
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    Marq, formerly Lucidpress, is a brand-templating platform that empowers everyone to build on-brand.

    62 Marq alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Rasterbator icon
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    The Rasterbator creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. Upload an image, print the resulting multi-page half-toned pdf file and assemble the pages into extremely cool looking poster up to 20 meters in size.

    15 Rasterbator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  3. Plakativ icon
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    This software allows one to stretch a PDF document or raster image across multiple pages that can then be printed on a common inkjet or laser printer, cut and glued together into a larger poster.

    10 Plakativ alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  4. pdfposter icon
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    This requires the installation of Python and pyPDF. Out of the gate, the script does not provide for image overlap, however there is a patch that does fix this. The patch requires replacing 5-6 lines in 3 files and adding 2-3 new ones, its very easy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  5. Versatile software for creating large banners and posters from pictures, photos, Word, or Excel files without special plotters. Use standard printers for big prints, incorporating scanners for direct output. Features inbuilt scaling, resolution settings, and a preview option.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Print a PDF Page on Multiple Sheets of Paper.

    Print a single PDF page using multiple sheets of paper to create large banners and posters. Independently scale and center each page in a PDF document as you add or remove rows and columns. Visually preview results in the workspace.

    13 Mindcad Tiler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. This very simple script requires the installation of Python, Python imaging and ImageMagick. Its crying out for a web front end and maybe generalization Perl and PHP versions as well as a front end.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  8. PosterGenius helps you create effective scientific posters easily, in less than 10 minutes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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