Cal Copy

I LOVE CAL COPY! I needed my MGT 401 report bound into a book and the shop closes at 6. After hitting the worst traffic I didn’t think I was going to get there in time. The manager stayed open for me and was sooooo helpful. He knew exactly what to do and I knew all the requirements my professor had for the assignment. Seriously I don’t know what I would have done had he not stayed open. Thank you thank you thank you!

I called them to print 175 pages and they said no problem. I showed up 20 minutes later, and they had everything done and waiting for me and the best part is my total was like $ 13. I was prepared to pay twice that amount.

They do a fantastic, fast job, and the prices are so reasonable. I learned after spending far too much time doing projects on my own, that they can do them in a fraction of the time for a small price.

Super friendly and helpful staff. Plus they will work with you to get the results you want with your prints. I don’t bother going to any another print shop to get any of my school projects done.

You can’t go wrong coming here! Ray is the absolute best! I hate printing anywhere else now. I recently moved to LA and I am still going to use Cal Copy to print my projects because I know it would be hard to find service like this anywhere else. Ray is willing to go out of his way to help you and he is knowledgeable in multiple programs and will get you exactly what you want!

I’ve been coming here for the past 3 years to print all my art projects. The prices are probably the same as printing on campus, but Ray is always eager to help to make sure you get your print job done right. He’s really the only one who knows how to print each thing correctly, so if the store is full then you might have to wait for him to finish helping others before you.
To avoid the long lines for the computers what I usually do is email him all the files that I need and I tell him exactly which files to print in which size and whether it’s in black and white or in color. I then tell him that I will be there in _​_​minutes (usually 15), so then when I get there, the prints will already be done and all I have to do is pick them up and pay.
They are always willing to help, and will also advise what the best prints to make are if you are having trouble deciding which size to print on if you want to cut it smaller. They also have paper cutting tools that you can use if you want to make closer cuts to outlines. They will also print and mount onto foam boards for you for presentations. (Tip: for large prints, the printer ink shows up a little darker than it shows on the computer, so I would advise you to adjust the brightness of whatever you want to print on photoshop before sending it to print).
This place will always accommodate to your needs and will make sure that you are satisfied with your prints. I will always be a loyal customer as long as I am still in San Diego.

Cal Copy on College Ave. Is awesome. Ray is absolutely customer service oriented. It is clear he enjoys his job, enjoys the business and enjoys his customers. He makes it fun to come in – even in the crush of the beginning of the school year (it is crazy at SDSU those first weeks). I don’t use anyone else.

The main guy who works in the printing area is a very kind guy. He may get slightly frustrated at customers from time to time, but he is good-​natured and helpful. Because it is so close to SDSU, the prices are elevated, but it is just so close in proximity.
I used to get 24×36 laminated posters here for $ 40, which I thought was pretty ridiculous but still went because the guy was friendly. I would pick up the poster up the day of each poster for people to sign.
The first time, he slightly messed up on the ink so he gave me the poster for free and I just paid for lamination. The 2^nd & 3^rd posters were perfect. The 4^th poster was supposed to be picked up before they close at 5PM. They decided to close early that day and we didn’t pick it up despite it being 4:30PM. We ended up getting the same poster for cheaper at Office Depot.

Writing this as an SDSU student who has been using this shop for 3 years. I’ve printed 99% of my final projects here, and I don’t plan on using other shops. Ray is awesome and genuinely cares about the quality of whatever is being printed. If you have no idea what you’re doing (what kinds of paper, what kind of printer, what are standard sizes) ask lots of questions and they’ll help you out and get you whatever it is you need.
I wish I could give this place more than 5 stars.

Nice product, douchey manager who had a screaming adult tantrum today that brought the entire store to a screeching halt. Bad for business– my colleagues and I certainly will not be returning. Embarrassing.

If Ray is the main guy in this place, he is ABSOLUTELY amazing! he helped me to put together class notes in a bound notebook and it took hours to do, even one became messed up during printing and he took the time to make sure it was perfect for me and future nursing students to purchase the bounded notes. It was a ton of work but he made it seem so easy and taught me stuff I had no idea about the computer and technology. I already was recommending Cal Copy before the printing was finished! All my future class notes will be done there and I know they will be beautiful everytime.

Ray has been extremely helpful with material I needed for a project.
Good supply of material and tools, for what they do. Professional approach, and reasonable rates. I’ll be back!

This place WILL OVERCHARGE YOU! I went in yesterday, asked to scan 5 pages to email and was charged the same amount as faxing a document ($ 2.50). That’s the price of a coffee for 5 DIGITAL pages! I called them to let them know that I was overcharged and they wouldn’t do anything about it. Sadly, I won’t be coming back.

Cal Copy Always does great at printing, I have been going there for many years now to print Graphic Design work, and they know what they are doing. They cut and trim for free, and do it with a smile! Only downside is parking, other than that, great services and have helped me through finals!

I’ve been going here since I went to school at SDSU and continue to find myself in the shop for various miscellaneous copying needs I come up with. Earlier today I stopped in because I had some large architectural plans that I needed to make digital copies of. I believe the gentleman that helped me out was named Ray. Ray has helped me with several little projects now and as always he was incredibly helpful. Ray helped me with getting all my large blueprint pages copied well (the originals are not in pristine shape making scanning difficult) and we got it done much more quickly than if I had been left to my own devices, as I have experienced at other places like kinkos. Wham bam scanned and uploaded all of my copies in pdf format to the cloud of the interwebz, all easily and very quickly. Thanks Ray. I’m sure you’ll see me again sometime.
If you have copy needs you should head on over as well.
One final note:
This place gets busy busy during the beginning and end of sdsu semesters. If you want to avoid the student crowds that have no clue what they’re doing simply email these guys your project info. They work great via email if you can just send them your document files and then its nothing more than an easy pick up.

They give me a deal on my copies when I have to make a bunch and they are pretty speedy. I needed to make like 300 copies and it only took like five minutes.

What a find!
Ray has helped me with numerous color proposals.
They are always ready for pick up sooner than when I need them…
Its great to have someone reliable and quick to help. I don’t see myself using Kinko’s anytime soon.
Thanks Ray!

super nice ppl.
Parking is insane. Good luck

Cal Copy is the best printer in the SDSU area. Even when it gets busy, Lee and Ray are always helpful and if you’re a loyal customer (like me! ^^), you will often get discounted copies, which is really cool.
Only con to this well-​established site is their $ 5 policy (if the print work is less than $ 5, you have to use cash) and hours. They close at 6 pm and they don’t open on Sunday. Rush hour is usually between 12 – 1 and 2 – 3, so if you have something due for your class (I’m talking to you art majors at state) come here earlier. (cause you never know what happens when it prints…)
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Even when I look like a crazy person and boss Lee and Ray around, I always get stellar service and I often use them as magic 8 balls to give me the scoop to what paper I should use and what everyone in class is doing.
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Although it sucks that they don’t open past 6 pm on weekdays, Cal Copy is HANDS DOWN WAY BETTER than Kinkos at Mission Gorge.

I found this wonderful place right here on Unilocal.Both Lee and Ray gave me fabulous service. I can barely believe how wonderful, polished, and professional my flyers look!
Frankly, I was a bit nervous about going through the process of figuring out how to fill in the blanks on my pdf file, but Ray was a great help. The parking here is tricky (some diagonal spots in front of the brown building across the street worked well for me, thanks to that nice customer who told me about it!), but worth it for the great service and more-​than-​reasonable price.