I need to print 100 pages!

[Anatoly Ivanov]

Hi everyone,

 

I need to print 100 pages for my BTT test in Singapore. I checked the prices and it is ranging from 7-15 baht, which is a bit too expensive. I also heard that there are some local offices that offer the same service for 10-15 times cheaper. If anyone knows, can you please advice?

[sanemax]

Where you do you live ?

I will go there and walk around the shops and ask them how much they charge to do photo copying, for you 

[MrPatrickThai]

You could buy a printer for that!

 

[Meljames]

I pay 1 baht for 2 pages. What kind of paper are you using?

[Here It Is]

1 minute ago, Meljames said:

I pay 1 baht for 2 pages. What kind of paper are you using?

Gold leaf.  

[Anatoly Ivanov]

43 minutes ago, Meljames said:

I pay 1 baht for 2 pages. What kind of paper are you using?

I would really appreciate if you can advise me what place that is!

[Anatoly Ivanov]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

Where you do you live ?

I will go there and walk around the shops and ask them how much they charge to do photo copying, for you 

I live near Bo Phut beach, Koh Samui

[Meljames]

19 minutes ago, Anatoly Ivanov said:

I would really appreciate if you can advise me what place that is!

 

In Udon Thani. You need to get out try some local shops away from the tourist areas. Most I;ve ever paid was 2 bahts for a page.Or get your GF to help you out.

Edited November 20, 2017 by Meljames

[sanemax]

2 hours ago, Anatoly Ivanov said:

I live near Bo Phut beach, Koh Samui

I live in Chiang Mai, I will get the bus down tomorrow 

[JaiMaai]

Best places to look (anywhere in Thailand) will be near the Universities or big schools as long as you're in a decent sized town or city.

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[GLewis]

^JaiMaai hit it on the head but it wont be available on Samui. University print shops near the campus are charging .50 stang per page now.  Any university in Thailand.

[dotpoom]

10 hours ago, Meljames said:

I pay 1 baht for 2 pages. What kind of paper are you using?

Is that not expensive....the OP is getting a price of 7-15 Bt. for 100 pages?

[JaiMaai]

16 minutes ago, dotpoom said:

Is that not expensive....the OP is getting a price of 7-15 Bt. for 100 pages?

I'm guessing that's per page..........

 

29 minutes ago, GLewis said:

^JaiMaai hit it on the head but it wont be available on Samui. University print shops near the campus are charging .50 stang per page now.  Any university in Thailand.

Never been to Samui but I'm guessing there must be at least one decent sized school?

 

The 50 satang will be for photocopying; printing will be a bit more but can't remember how much the shop I use charges. (1.xx) a page or something.

Edited November 21, 2017 by JaiMaai
Added more info

[smotherb]

12 hours ago, sanemax said:

Where you do you live ?

I will go there and walk around the shops and ask them how much they charge to do photo copying, for you 

careful, he may expect you to stick to your word

[quandow]

Where's the nearest Kodak processing shop?

[steven100]

4 minutes ago, quandow said:

Where's the nearest Kodak processing shop?

Well that depends where you are ....

[Catoni]

Make sure to print in Duplex Mode.  You will need only fifty sheets of paper. 

[1FinickyOne]

I live in the countryside and the small Thai city near me, they charge 1 baht per page... let them know it will be 100 pages - and ask for a discount. Being in the middle of tourist-tourist land, they make you pay. Expect it - accept it... 

[KittenKong]

40 satang per page in Jomtien, for runs of 100 pages or more. 50 satang for smaller runs.

 

As mentioned, just look for print shops near colleges or high schools.

[hobobo]

12 hours ago, Meljames said:

 

In Udon Thani. You need to get out try some local shops away from the tourist areas. Most I;ve ever paid was 2 bahts for a page.Or get your GF to help you out.

Maybe he doesn't have a GF?  

[gandalf12]

Buy a cheap printer it will pay for itself in the long run

[ravip]

Is sarcasm a prerequisite to answer a question?

[atyclb]

office depot may do it at affordable price.

[impulse]

10 minutes ago, ravip said:

Is sarcasm a prerequisite to answer a question?

 

You'll have to differentiate between "posting something" and "answering a question".

 

 

[masuk]

14 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

You could buy a printer for that!

 

You're not wrong.  I bought a brand new Canon printer (made in Thailand) with scanner, at an Australian Post Office store for AU$29.00  (725baht).  Ink lasted 3 months, as expected, then refilled.

Here in Chiang Mai I get the bulk tanks refilled for 100baht each.

[Cyclone88]

14 hours ago, Meljames said:

I pay 1 baht for 2 pages. What kind of paper are you using?

That barely covers  the cost of the paper and ink.

Obviously they haven't worked out their costs.  

 

[balo]

2 hours ago, gandalf12 said:

 

Buy a cheap printer it will pay for itself in the long run

 

 

Not so sure about that my Canon ink printer was cheap to buy , but replacing the ink cartridges is very expensive,  100 pages of ink is not cheap . 

 

[khunPer]

14 hours ago, Anatoly Ivanov said:

I live near Bo Phut beach, Koh Samui

To my knowledge it's difficult – I could never find a cheap enough printer only – photocopies you can have for 1 baht per A4-sheet, if many with some discount.

 

I see two, perhaps three possibilities – apart from buying a 799 baht ink-jet printer, that normally comes with ink cartridge, from BigC or another shop with a good variety in consumer electronics – one is to look for a printshop near the University in Bo Phut (Chaweng); another is to find a digital printing house, I used one i Nathong a number of years ago, having both offset and digital print, positioned about middle of the busy one-way towards South shopping street (Ring Road) on the right hand side, but I'm not sure if they are still in business (the Fuji photo-shop did not do normal prints, when I asked a few years back); the third is the digital printing house in Bo Phut close to Tesco-Lotus shopping mall, "Infinity Design Lab", however they may not do individual pages, but rather 100 prints of same page.

 

Hope it may help you...

[Ulic]

Printing is expensive, photo copping is cheap. As suggested

buying a printer and printing off your own copy is probably

the way to go. You could also check the condo administration

office if you live in a condo. They may do it cheaply.

[Meljames]

2 hours ago, Cyclone88 said:

Obviously they haven't worked out their costs.  

 

Seems to be the going rate around uni areas.