Do you have a copier at home?

[suffer_fly]

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

[happyga]

Yes. I have an imagisitics 3510.

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

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!

[mrwho]

Just bought a Ricoh Aficio SPC222SF at clearance price. Wife loves it!

[jonezy999]

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.

[limchemtoner]

copier function

Actually two working ones: a Mita DC-1255 and a Mita DC-1655, both in perfect working order. I'm starting a copier museum...

Those are big step up from the Mita 900D that I was using up until 1995.

do you use copier usuallly?

[limchemtoner]

I will not,and you?

[montana]

not at all...cos i don't need it

[Zackuth]

Yeah, I have a KM1820. Works great.

[jsw2k]

Sharp AL-1641CS. Acquired it in trade. Mostly used as a scanner. (I always thought a company that made a lot of copies was one whose workflow was poorly planned).

[rpr383]

I have a Canon IRC3200 with Universal send, and i got it for Free!!!

[blackcat4866]

do you use copier usuallly?

Not so much anymore. Just for bills.

Back in the day, I carried statementR sized paper manuals. The dealer that I worked for then made us make copies of the one in-shop manual.
Then for a while I was publishing a commonly used parts list, throughout the company.
In ~2000 it all went electronic. =^..^=

[BigDoorStudio]

I have a Konika / Minolta CF 2002. Kids gotta do homework.

[slybot]

i used to have a nashua 1215 (liquid m/c) and then upgraded to a mita dc 415. when i get my own house i might have one

[AlvinBrown]

It's weird, but yes. But it just stays there. It was actually a friend's "gift" to me when they closed shop. Gave the the copier instead of selling it, seeing that I was a tech and "would probably have some use for it."