Copy prices out there.

[Giz]

As a kid, the first zine I ever participate (and ever read) was photocopied at the town-hall office. We were a no-benefit show promoter (wich sometimes raise public funds in france) and we run a music-distro so we made a fanzine from 2000 to 2006 to promote our shows, a little catalog of the distros, a lot of interviews, reviews, essays... It was copied on the "Department for Culture and Entertainment" of the town-hall, so we never paid for the printings and we made from 200 to 600 copies I guess. I didn't remember, all I know is that : it was free. (and this is how I discover the zines).

When I first wanted to do one by myself, I found that copiers around are truly expensive (€.10 per copy, at least), and I never want to put ads on it so I forgot till I moved to a biggest town, and copy-shop who provides copies from €.04 to €.03 wich is cheaper, and better because they're to busy, so you can copy it all by yourself (but it is pre-paid cards so you can't steal any copies...)

Well, how expensive are your copies in the places you live ? How much do you pay for it ? Can you still steal some of it to reduce the cost ?

[Nat Rally]

i used to get 5 cents a page at my old university. I also got 500 pages of computer printing they give you each semester, so I utilized that. Its worth checking out a school near you.

[DruglessxF]

Portland, OR's IPRC has two copiers, and they charge 5 cents a side for members, with an annual membership fee of $45 minimum. I can't imagine making less than 5000 copies in a year, and at that benchmark, pushes the cost of copies up to a measly 5.9 cents a side. Take that in the gullet, Kinko's.

That being said, I still wanna see some nerdy kids make a hack zine for the Kinko's cards. I may have to do it myself.....

[kath]

I went to Office Works yesterday (Australia/Sydney) and b&w copies are 6 cents per page (so 12c for double sided page). colour prints are 90cents pp - ouch! you use a pre-paid copy card which you can buy in the shop for $1, which gives you an initial $1 to spend so the card is free.

needless to say do your test prints in b&w if you're doing colour zine or you'll waste a lot of $ making sure the copier settings are correct (but I'm sure you all know this anyway)

[Giz]

that would be cool !

DruglessxF said:

That being said, I still wanna see some nerdy kids make a hack zine for the Kinko's cards. I may have to do it myself.....

[Dan 10things]

Do you guys ever talk to a local printer about doing it? I used to always find it a lot cheaper contact a bunch of local printers and ask for bids for the job, plus they would have machines that collate, fold and staple it.

[tim scannell]

5 cents 8.5x11 at UPS/MAILBOX here in port angeles...(FRI)
29 cents for color...8.5x11...(any day)
:):)!!

i produce 20 copies and then go on to
the next zine...why beat a dead horse??

takes about 5 weeks to receive/mail out 20 zines...networking
wemakezines and others...through hyperlinks

in those 5 weeks i have already made a new zine + done about
20 pieces of mail-art...atc-ees...collage...altered postcard...etcetera

jeffrey bennington grindley said:

i find 9 cents per copy is standard here. At one place the price goes down the more you print, i figured if i decided to print 60 copies it was going to be 75 bucks but if i print 100 its 1001 bucks! i havent produced this quantity but it seems like the way to go when ready or able......more is less? i use the work copier for small runs here and there......and my laserprinter actually works really well, i scan the pages into the computer then print out the (even pages 1st) pdf document. I then flip them over and run them through the printer again(odd pages). Its a bit of a process but it works well again for small runs. :)

[Giz]

you only produce 20 copies of your zine ?

[Josh Blair]

I use the print shop at the university where I work and it costs 9 cents for a double-sided copy. Plus they have machines that can collate, staple and fold them if they are half-sized. I've heard other people state that university print shops are the cheapest in their area.

[Giz]

my university don't have it's own printer. they use another company to provide them copiers. This company is the cheapest around.

[Monstress Zine]

i currently have a corporate sugardaddy so i have access to some really nice copying. unfortunately, it has decided to cut costs by using a key code on the color laser copier, which i was using to print on metallic papers for my issues with robots and king ghidorah on the cover. so no more metallic covers for a while. btw, color copiers make really nice flats with less "stepping" in drawn curved lines than b/w copiers.

when i don't use the coporate sugardaddy, i go to 3.5 cent (CA) a side copy shop that has really nice blacks. most of the other copyshops around it are 3 cents a side. and when i'm copying reference material at the toronto reference library, i'll sometimes use one of their color copiers for a set of black and white images because the images come out cleaner. that's about $1(CA).

[Kirsty-Louise Hillman]

i'd just use my own photocopier/printer. :). but...it does cost in ink...and that's only school work i print off really. Ink goes fast :(

[Serah-Marie]

I'm in Toronto too and looking for a copy place with nice black, and 3 cents sounds better than what I'm currently paying at the Kinkos on Bloor - - where do you go exactly?

Monstress Zine said:

i currently have a corporate sugardaddy so i have access to some really nice copying. unfortunately, it has decided to cut costs by using a key code on the color laser copier, which i was using to print on metallic papers for my issues with robots and king ghidorah on the cover. so no more metallic covers for a while. btw, color copiers make really nice flats with less "stepping" in drawn curved lines than b/w copiers.

when i don't use the coporate sugardaddy, i go to 3.5 cent (CA) a side copy shop that has really nice blacks. most of the other copyshops around it are 3 cents a side. and when i'm copying reference material at the toronto reference library, i'll sometimes use one of their color copiers for a set of black and white images because the images come out cleaner. that's about $1(CA).