Printing problems

[Robin Smallburrow]

As a fan who has produced a no.of fan-made stuff, I decided I wanted to get hard copies of these as I'm old- fashioned and prefer hard copies. But I discovered that the printing industry doesn't seem to cater for someone like me, who wants only one good quality copy.

My local newsagents & Officeworks both charged me about 88c a page (too much!). At this price it's actually cheaper to print at home using my own printer and just buying two sets of cartridges. So I bought some double-sided gloss paper but the quality was no good.

Other printing places don't want to help unless u are doing at least 50 copies

So I thought I'd ask what others have done here in regards to printing. Otherwise I'll just have to print at home on single-sided gloss and then staple the pages together ( not ideal but the best solution I've come up with)

Robin S.

[thegiffman]

Not sure what options there are down under, but in the USA I've been really happy with http://www.lulu.com - I've used their print-on-demand a few times and have been happy each time.

[Beleg]

I haven't used them, but my tutor suggested these people for my dissertation since I'm only printing a few copies. They look fairly good value for money.

www.blurb.co.uk (there's a menu for other countries at the bottom of the home page)

[Valarian]

Following on from Beleg's suggestion. Try your local university. If they run their own printing service, they may be willing to print off a book and bind it for you.

[MasterSmithwise]

Lulu doesn't seem bad at all if you just do black and white. 100 pages for $13, which is a full 8.5/11 hard cover. Otherwise $30 for color, but still... not bad.