Finding Discount Copies is as easy as Black and White Copying

In the business world, there are many occasions when a person needs to have a booklet or presentation folder copied for distribution to different individuals. Depending on the number of copies needed, pricing may become an issue. If one is looking for discount copies, black and white copying may be the best way to go.

Copier technology has changed drastically in the last few years. Earlier, business had no other option except for black and white copying whereas now they have also have a choice of discount copies that are in color. Also, where once all copiers had to be fed sheets of paper in standard sizes and have paper originals to copy, now commercial copiers often feed paper off a roll and cut to the needed size as copies are made. In addition, it is even possible to load digital files and have copies made from these similar to the way pages are printed by computer printers.

Color copies were very expensive in the early years of color copy technology and there was no concept of discount copies. As changes have taken place in technology and in the way paper is purchased for feeding copiers, prices of color copies have dropped to nearly the same level as black and copying.

Note that I say nearly the same level. Color copies are still slightly more expensive to make than black and white. For this reason, it is very likely that color copies will not be offered at discount rates. Black and white copying, on the other hand, is often offered at discount prices as a means of attracting customers to print shops or copy centers. Changes in technology and advances in copiers make it possible to get black and white copying for as little as one cent each if ordering enough copies.

Of course the final price per copy depends on the amount of work that must be done to make the product ready for the customer. If book binding or other bindery skills are needed to finish out the product, the pricing will be higher for the finished product.

No matter how much processing has to take place to make the copies ready for the customer, discount copies are often offered as an enticement. Of course, discount copies are much easier for copy centers to offer on black and white copying than on color because of major differences in the prices of black toner vs. full color toner cartridges that include four colors of ink or toner that blend to produce the entire rainbow. Plain black will always be less expensive to buy, therefore can be sold for less without losing too much profit. This makes black and white copying so much cheaper.

Copiers and copying have changed drastically in recent years. How paper is purchased and loaded into copiers is greatly different for large commercial copiers. Advances in technology have made color copies almost as inexpensive as old fashioned black and white. However, if one is looking for discount copies, black and white copying provides the best chance of finding really low prices. Printers often discount the price of black and white copies to attract new customers.