Printing costs

Below are the costs for Printers compared to the Specialist and Bulk Printing Service.

Printers

The costs are as follows for using the printers including paper:

Double Sided (cost per page)

A4 Mono - 4p
A4 Colour - 14p
A3 Mono - 10p
A3 Colour - 28p

Single Sided (cost per page)

A4 Mono - 3p
A4 Colour - 8p
A3 Mono - 6p
A3 Colour - 15p

Poster printing

The costs for printing posters are as follows:

A2 - £1.75
A1 - £3.50
A0 - £7.00

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Specialist and Bulk Printing Service

The Specialist and Bulk Printing Service is more cost effective than printing from a local printer, savings can range from between 30% to 40% depending on the type of printing required.

The following shows the cost assuming free basic finishing, such as a staple, which makes job VAT exempt and include standard paper:

Double Sided (cost per page)

A4 Mono - 2.8p
A4 Colour - 9.8p
A3 Mono - 9p
A3 Colour - 18.2p

Single Sided (cost per page)

A4 Mono - 1.7p
A4 Colour - 5.1p
A3 Mono - 5p
A3 Colour - 9.6p

If no finishing at all then the job will be subject to VAT at 20%. However, even with additional cost this is still cheaper than a printer.

The cost for a single impression excluding paper is as follows. There are various types of paper which you can select separately:

A4 Mono - 1.2p per page
A4 Colour - 4.6p per page
A3 Mono - 4p per page
A3 Colour - 8.6p per page

Other finishing such as spiral binding, comb binding, laminating etc. can be chosen at extra cost.

Comparison between Specialist and Bulk Printing Service vs MFDs 

The comparison below shows the savings you can make from large quantities of print jobs using Double sided and assuming “recycled basic” paper:

A4 Mono (100 pages)
Local MFD: £2
DSC: £1.40
Saving: 60p

A4 Mono (200 pages)
Local MFD: £4
DSC: £2.80
Saving: £1.20

A4 Mono (500 pages)
Local MFD:
DSC:
Saving:

A4 Mono (1000 pages)
Local MFD: £20
DSC: £14
Saving: £6

A4 Colour (100 pages)
Local MFD: £7
DSC: £4.90
Saving: £2.10

A4 Colour (200 pages)
Local MFD: £14
DSC: £9.80
Saving: £4.20

A4 Colour (500 pages)
Local MFD: £35
DSC: £24.50
Saving: £10.50

A4 Colour (1000 pages)
Local MFD: £70
DSC: £49
Saving: £21

Mixed example jobs

Below are three example jobs where some pages are black and white and Colour, again assuming Double sided and assuming “recycled basic” paper:

70 copies of Double Sided
15 sides, 2 colour/13 Mono
Local MFD: £28
DSC: £19.60
Saving: £8.40

50 copies of Double Sided
100 sides, 10 colour/90 Mono
Local MFD: £125
DSC: £87.50
Saving: £37.50

150 copies of Double Sided
50 sides, 30 colour/20 Mono
Local MFD: £375
DSC: £262.50
Saving: £112.50