Get Color Copies $0

Your local library is one of the best places to make copies of documents. Like a post office, most towns have at least one library. This service typically isn't free, but the fee isn't too bad. At my library, it's only $0.10 for black and white and $0.25 for color copies.

For a simple answer, a good rule of thumb is to charge customers approximately four times what your total costs equated to. So if you've calculated that it cost you $13 to print an 8×10 (taking into account all the factors we've covered above), then you could charge customers around $52.

Paper. It is estimated that the average employee prints out 10,000 sheets of paper per year and the average cost for paper is anywhere from half a cent or less per page to two cents, while premium paper can cost up to ten cents per page.

With a cheap printer (under $200), the average cost per page using black ink is 5.5 cents and the average cost per page in color is 8.9 cents. However, a more expensive printer (more than $200) typically yields lower costs per page – 3.9 cents using black ink and 8.3 cents using color ink.

The average cost to print a page on a laser printer is around 5- to 8-cents for black and white, and between 12- and 15-cents for color laser prints. However, the cost of color print can rise as high as 60-cents per page for photos and heavy graphics.

A. One color printing uses a single solid ink color to apply your 1 color logo or artwork onto your choice of promotional items. This is achieved with the spot color printing process. Spot color printing requires each color to be applied onto your product individually (in this case, just 1 color).

Here are the best ways to cut the cost of printing: Go to printer ink refill shops. ... Sell old printer cartridges online. ... Buy cheap printer paper in bulk. ... Buy a printer with your housemates to share the costs. ... Make your document smaller. ... Print in draft mode.