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Affordable Online Printing

CatnipCatCatnipCat Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
So, there's a Career Fair coming up in a couple weeks, where businesses are coming to recruit some of us graduating students for the wonderful world of employment. I really want to make a good impression on some of the companies that are going to be there, and print off maybe about 25-50 copies of my portfolio to hand out to perspective employers. The problem is that the original size I made it was 12"x8", an odd size but it wasn't a problem since I printed and binded the few copies myself (sent them out for grad school apps).

It would take a large amount of time to mass produce the portfolios myself, so I have been trying to find a website that can make some cheap black and white copies for me to pass out. But it's been near impossible to find people to print and bind in landscape. I scaled down the pages to 9"x6" to fit some nominal sizes (it even works for a 8.5"x5.5" for bleeding to the edges.

I was wondering if anyone knew a good service like blurb or lulu, that can print off a good landscape book/booklet for not a lot of cash.

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  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Check your university. They probably have a print shop and either thermal or hopefully wire binding equipment. Wire is the superior option for custom jobs because you can clip/crimp it to size without much worrying about the glue on the thermal strip.

    You can print your 8x12 on Legal paper (8.5x14) and trim it down yourself fairly easily with a paper trimmer.

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  • LaOsLaOs SaskatoonRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Campus no doubtedly has a print shop and will do this. In fact, you will likely be required to print your Thesis with the on-campus printing department, so you may as well get used to dealing with them... they should be a full-service print shop, printing in nearly any dimension and on any stock or any type of material you desire... you really shouldn't have a problem with them. For anything.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    and even if they don't have a place on-campus, there should be several print shops or fedex/kinkos in your area

    they can do almost anything with anything

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  • CatnipCatCatnipCat Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Gracias H/A. I'll have to check that out, see what the campus offers.

    EDIT- ... I forgot Kinkos does binding too.

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