How much am I looking to spend if I want to print 2400 color pages?

[Syringer]

Nothing too fancy, just color documents..a couple places I called wanted .60-.70 a page--so about $1800 total.. Is that the norm basically?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Nothing too fancy, just color documents..a couple places I called wanted .60-.70 a page--so about $1800 total.. Is that the norm basically?

why?

i hope you aren't paying for this with your own money...

damn, there i go again forgetting everyone on atot is a millionaire...

 

[KeithTalent]

It recently cost me $85 to print about 425 B&W pages (that included binding for 5 documents) so that seems about right for colour...unfortunately.

KT

 

[Kwaipie]

Kinkos is about 81 cents a page before discounts.

 

[mryellow2]

It depends. Since your description is so vague I'll go ahead and say that your ballpark sounds about right but that's not to say you can't find significantly cheaper.

Depends on how many colors, how much coverage, what type of paper - is it multiple pages or multiple copies of a single page etc.

If you're just doing a straight to digital press type deal I'd guess that's a normal range for a Kinko's type place. Our inhouse print shop does about $0.30 a page but it is a non-profit service.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

For $1800, you could buy your own color laser printer and get it done.

Call up some places nearby that do large quantity printing. I know of some in Indiana, but that's not going to help you.

 

[tfinch2]

Buy a color laser printer.

 

[nonameo]

0$, just make sure enough resemble 20$ bills.

 

[dullard]

I would say that is close to the norm. Color = $$$. You can try to find a university printer (not a lab printer, but a whole printing department for school related books, dissertations, etc). University printing services tend to be half the cost of most for-profit stores, but they often take a week.

Or, if they aren't photos, color lasers do the job quite well. But for photos, color lasers tend to suck at the quality.

 

[rivan]

Are you wanting 8.5x11?

Are you looking at 1800 prints of one thing, or 1800 unique pages?

As others have mentioned, you can probably buy a color laser and do it yourself for less, if the quality's acceptable. Just buy nice (28 lb, high brightness) paper if a nicer print is important to you.

Call smaller print shops - if you give them a print-ready PDF, you can likely talk them down to $.50/pg or lower.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Buy a color laser printer.

Yes. At that volume, it would make sense...

 

[imported_Goo]

Lexmark C532n $400
extra set of toner $500
Paper $100

now you get the idea.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

what kind of paper? photo quality? unique pages or duplicates??

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Nothing too fancy, just color documents..a couple places I called wanted .60-.70 a page--so about $1800 total.. Is that the norm basically?

YGPM

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: rivan
Are you wanting 8.5x11?

Are you looking at 1800 prints of one thing, or 1800 unique pages?

As others have mentioned, you can probably buy a color laser and do it yourself for less, if the quality's acceptable. Just buy nice (28 lb, high brightness) paper if a nicer print is important to you.

Call smaller print shops - if you give them a print-ready PDF, you can likely talk them down to $.50/pg or lower.

I love my color laser

 

[Imported]

Wow, I didn't realize it was so expensive. I must have printed tens and thousands of dollars worth of pages in the past couple months at work then. :Q

 

[randomint]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Nothing too fancy, just color documents..a couple places I called wanted .60-.70 a page--so about $1800 total.. Is that the norm basically?

although 0.6 - 0.7 is the norm, there's got to be some place you can find that does it for ~0.5 because of the sheer volume of the job.

 

[Syringer]

http://www.franklindocuments.com/pricing.php#color_copies

Whoo, I found a place that'll do it for $0.30!

 

[sdifox]

Get yourself a Phaser 8560. http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-8560/spec-enus.html

Solid Ink will kick any laser printer's ass and it is fast, up to 30ppm in colour. We have 2 at work

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: sdifox
Get yourself a Phaser 8560. http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-8560/spec-enus.html

Solid Ink will kick any laser printer's ass and it is fast, up to 30ppm in colour. We have 2 at work

so do we and the chunks of ink aren't too spendy

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: sdifox
Get yourself a Phaser 8560. http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-8560/spec-enus.html

Solid Ink will kick any laser printer's ass and it is fast, up to 30ppm in colour. We have 2 at work

so do we and the chunks of ink aren't too spendy

I think I should make a mould of the black ink and just remelt the wasted ink into black

we also have one of these... Epson Stylus Pro 9800

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/Wide...d=-12806&category=Wide+Format+Printers

 

[ATLien247]

Free if you have a color copier or printer at work... :evil:

 

[rootaxs]

You can have it digitally printed at a local printing press. One of the jobs i had printed a month or so back was in full color, one-sided, 8.5 x 11, 80# gloss text. All for $516+tax (Qty: 2,500, roughly $0.20/pc.). It also gets cheaper per unit as the print count goes up.

The quality is also much better than any laser printer i know of.

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: sdifox
Get yourself a Phaser 8560. http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-8560/spec-enus.html

Solid Ink will kick any laser printer's ass and it is fast, up to 30ppm in colour. We have 2 at work

so do we and the chunks of ink aren't too spendy

I want one

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[pontifex]

so what are you gonna do?

i can't imagine spending that much money on printing....