View Poll Results: Do you keep a copier at home?

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  1. #41
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    Do you have a copier at home?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stirton.M View Post
    Though, having one of these might keep you from realizing just how much time actually passed by....heh
    Nah, I usually know when I've been there long enough. It's just when I stop feeling my legs!
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    I have quite a diverse selection in my home. My favorite baby is the Canon IR600, I have a Gestetner copyprinter 5450, an hp and lexmark laser, and a brother fax. Where my cars used to sit in the garage there's about 100 laser printers on pallets. Anyone need a printer?

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    I have brought several "orphans" home. Replaced my ink jet printers with them, gave one to my daughter to use at her university (seems she is popular at times), one to my sister, and one to my dad. High quality printing/copies/fax for low per copy and maintence costs, plus I do labor for free.

    BTW: I also have a number of old computers and monitors still kicking around.

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    A copier is the last thing I wanna look at when I get home.

    Any copying/faxing I do, I do in the office.

    My only printer is a LJIIc thats still kicking butt.

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    I have a Canon c3200 in my home office. Comes in handy because my wife is taking photography/graphic design classes.

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    im using my old 1750mp
    y? coz i have to finish all my toner cartrige... yup 4 dozen to go...

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    Yes. I have an imagisitics 3510.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ultimate_sacrifice View Post
    2 Actually, 1 working Canon iR3570 great machine works beautifully and the other non working iR C3200 with dead control panel. I am thinking of setting up a home copying business, but how do I get the work?i s the question.
    There's a couple of routes that might work, depending on who you want your target customer to be. If you want to target the end consumer you'll need word of mouth and marketing to solicit there business. I'd focus on high volume users like accounting, medical, legal firms. Maybe offer a pick up/copy/deliver type of business.

    The other route would be wholesale to the trade. If you can get your price low enough sell to other copy/print shops, brokers, commercial printers. Advertise in trade publications.

    You'll have higher margins and more flexibility by offering color or some additional services such as finishing.

    The key question to ask is why would they buy copies from you especially if they can do it for the same or cheaper click charge. You have to be able to answer that. Offer better color, cheaper rates, options that are cost prohibitive to them such as making tablets, forms, binding, cutting, mail fullfillment services (this is not to be taken lightly and is its own business itself), etc. Maybe you can take extra capacity off of other printers so the work gets shipped out sooner.

    Hope these ideas help. Good Luck!

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    Just bought a Ricoh Aficio SPC222SF at clearance price. Wife loves it!
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  10. #50
    just one copy?? 500+ Posts
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    hell yes, i have a toshi 1370(old faithful) and an HP2200(not quite as old, but just as faithful). Oh and dont forget the canon ink jet from the post office which cost less to purchase than a complete set of inks.

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