InSource

I have had my issues with this company in the past and these days I find the quality of work done to be decent and worth the money for the prints I make, as long as it’s not specialised. If I want anything more than uncomplicated 8.5×11 prints they can do it and at cost. Once something is different from that, their staff can give wavering answers and often they don’t agree on costs and tell people multiple answers. I recently asked to have more than that and their staff seemed to not only be clueless, they talked to me like I should know how to do all their copying on my own. I don’t work there and they do. If they don’t know how to do the job, without being condescending to me, be honest to let me know you have no idea and let me try someone else. It is one of the few print shops that seems to give a care not to push a button when prints are being made and try to get away with charging me the maximum amount possible. I read the comments here about the employees socialising with each other, and believe me, I understand it has been a problem in the past, I have bothered complaining about it and I do not see it happening when I enter their store. It is probably one of the most improved stores I’ve been to lately.

It seems that gone are the days of the 24-​hour copy place… Which makes a lot of sense when my average transaction at this place is usually only a couple dollars.
They have computers for you to use, which is super easy for printing anything you’ve emailed to yourself or in a Google doc. While the price per minute to use the computers is really low, they are painfully slow. Don’t be surprised if you wind up spending 20 minutes trying to print that resume you emailed yourself. Personally, I’d much prefer getting charged a higher amount, but dealing with faster computers.
About 80 cents for an 8.5×11 colour print and about 9 cents for a black and white.
I have only used InSource for small-​scale print jobs when my home printer breaks down and I need stuff done right away.
Unless the price is incredibly lower, I think I’ll stick to my other printer (often Little Rock) for when I need professional posters printed and stick to InSource for those little DIY times.

82 bw copies, 20 color copies, and simple coil binding of an 82 page document cost me $ 24.96. wow. then i wanted 82 pages to be scanned to pdf. oh, that will cost $ 1 PER PAGE. attempts to negotiate this were fruitless, including an offer of $ 20 cash. apparently, a color copy costs $ 0.79, presumably to offset the cost of toner and paper. but scanning something, which consumes zero toner and zero paper costs 27 per cent more. this just demonstrates that this chintzy company takes advantage of people that are extremely desperate, stupid, or both. i was desperate, but not desperate to the point where i couldn’t go to a library and waste one hour scanning these documents manually, as it was saturday and i needed that stuff scanned that day. much like calgary itself, i want to thank insource for doing nothing more than the minimum amount required to acheive mere proficiency.
go to bound and copied at uc where this would have cost $ 12. oh, and scanning unlimited pages to pdf there would be $ 2 flat, which is still too much.
oh, Charlie C’s review is totally a fake done by the owner… it’s physically impossible for any halfwit at this firm to be «helpful» and 9 – 5 is not «extended» when fedex office is 24hrs.

I seriously haven’t reviewed InSource yet? For really, really? Well then, time to fix that! Me and InSource have become friends for those super quick print jobs that I just can’t wait another hour to get done. It’s better than the Express line at Large Box Store Company S, AND… if you’re a student, you get 50% off all services (or so the sign on the wall says-​can I borrow your student ID? Just kidding!)
Anyway, give ‘em a try whenever you’ve got a print, laminating, copy, binding job, etc. And if you get lost trying to use the self-​serve stuff, just ask. The staff are pretty helpful.
Tip: There are paper cutters, but if you’ve got a big stack to cut, for a small fee they’ll use the MIGHT PAPER GUILLOTINE for you. WHIZZ… BASH… KABANG! Like that, you’ve saved yourself a whole lot of useless paper cutting and paper cuts.

I recently used InSource to print funeral programs for a family member. The prices were excellent, the 50% student discount was very much appreciated. They went above and beyond by cutting and scoring the programs for free, such a nice gesture! I will be back to print here again!

I thought at first InSource was a government funded community outreach program, you know the kind where trained professionals help poor, dumb people with their resumes so they can look for work. I’m still not sure it’s any different.
They day I went in, the kids working there struck me as graduates of the program. I needed to send a few faxes, but they had no idea what the hell they were doing. I assume my faxes went through, but all they wanted to do was stand around and talk to each other about what they planned on doing over the weekend. Unprofessional, for sure. So there’s a tip to them from me, not the government. If you want to be employed, act like a professional and be courteous to your customers…

It’s midnight. And you have some last minute printing and copies to be down to get ready for a presentation the next morning. Are you screwed? No, there’s InSource, which is open 24 hours, was there for me. The young guy working there was very helpful too. Located on the back side of the North Hill Centre Shopping Center.
Note: It showed up from my search on the FedEx/Kinko’s website and I drove around looking for «FedEx/​Kinkos» but the store is actually named «InSource» and is next to the 24 hour drug store.
Bottom line: Thanks for being there for me. Just look for InSource and not FedEx/​Kinkos. And convenient to kill time next door at the drug store waiting for your copies.