Cheapest Printing for Reading PDF? Officeworks or Home Print?

Hi Guys,

Can anyone please advise "Cheapest Printing for Reading PDF? Officeworks or Home Print from Laser Mono Multifunction?"

Thanks.

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  • +11

    Work

  • Nothing beats free if you can access it.

    But it depends on volume and regularity.

  • How many pages?

  • Not much around 400 pages

    • +6

      That's not "not much"

    • +1

      Officeworks. Unless you have basically a commercial sized printer, a job of that size would kill your printer or give you enough headaches to not be worth any potential savings.

  • also would be good to know for the future! In case I need to print more than 1000 pages…Reading from a computer screen is too much distracting!

    • Consider buying an e-reader, like a Kindle. They use e-ink which is much like paper. Unless it's detailed images in the PDFs I think it'd be fine to use.

  • +2

    Aim for somewhere that can print Double Sided (if that is what you want) and can miss blank pages.

    • Double-sided AND 4-1 (i.e. four A4 pages scaled down to one A4 in landscape). Your 400 pages becomes 50.

      • Your 400 pages becomes 50.

        Your reading becomes much more tiresome.

  • Essentially, the more pages you need to print, the better it is to buy a printer.

  • Thank you all!

  • Fuji Xerox 225dw did the trick..Officeworks printing per page 10 Cents…Fuji Xerox Printing Per Page 5Cents.

    Just need to look after cheaper good quality toner.

  • What is the reason for needing to print ~400 pages? Seems excessive to me.

    • Printing Royal Commission perhaps…

      Banks / Aged Care / Murray Darling etc.

      • All big publications.
        But (some of) the advantages of these types of publications being in PDF format are so the reader does not have to print them. They are easily maintained online, with small file size etc.

        Such a lot of paper.

  • to read thesis…papers etc.

  • What's the legality of asking OW to print a textbook pdf that isn't in print or sold anywhere anymore? Is it likely they'd refuse?

    • https://www.officeworks.com.au/information/policies/terms-of…

      Print and Copy Terms and Conditions

      1. Prohibited conduct

        You must not provide us with any material which:
        violates or infringes the rights of others (including their privacy and intellectual property rights);
        is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy, vulgar, obscene, profane or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to, or incite hatred of, any person; encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law.
        Officeworks reserves the right not to produce any item that:
        it reasonably believes may contravene Australian law, regulation or industry code;
        contains explicit or sexual imagery;
        is invasive of privacy;
        it reasonably believes is vulgar, obscene, profane or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to, or incite hatred of, any person.

      Any perceived violations of laws including laws relating to child pornography, child abuse and animal abuse will be reported by Officeworks to law enforcement authorities.

  • Merged from Printing 1000 PDF Document - Best/Cheapest Option?

    Hi all

    I am looking to print and bind a 1000 page PDF document in Melbourne. Any good leads?

    Thanks!

    • +2

      If Uni/Work not an option then probably local Officeworks. Kwik copy and other print shops will be pricey as they live off businesses not individuals.

      It might actually be more cost effective to buy a cheap laser printer yourself to print.

      Binding might be tricky for that volume, might need their specialist tools. A 300 page plastic comb binding only was quoted as $30 for me.

    • +1

      black and white? Officeworks

    • Laser printer is actually a fantastic idea, I never thought of that.. Thanks Hybroid

    • As other have said, Officeworks: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/Print-And-Co…

      For black and white: 10c/side * 1000 sides = $100 + cost of binding.

      Though they appear to only bind up to 320 pages so you may struggle if the 1000 pages are all one document.

      • with most books you can get away with 2pages/sheet double sided.

    • Uni textbook. Fess up.

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