Reprographers, how do your prices stack up against prices offered by Internet-based plan-printing providers? (Such as plans4less.com and blueprintsprinting.com)

It is not common for reprographers to publish
pricing on their web-sites.

That said, there are a couple of
“Internet-based” reprographers (plans4less.com and blueprintsprinting.com) that
do. And LDIReproprinting, a chain of franchised
reprographics shops in the southeastern U.S., has always published its pricing
on its web-site.

Pricing for printing A/E plans may not be
transparent industry-wide, but, even if it was (even if most reprographers
published their prices on their web-sites), I seriously doubt that there would
be any consistency in pricing.

And, as to the prices shown in the tables, I
have three comments:

–These prices are quite a bit less than
Staples charges. But, who cares about Staples; Staples is really a non-factor
in the A/E/C reprographics marketplace.

–Based on pricing I observed in government-sector bids the past few years, the
prices these reprographers are offering aren’t inexpensive prices. I’ve seen prices that are a LOT less. For example, the City of Boston still pays
less than $.24 per print for large-format b/w prints.

–Now that HP PageWide XL units are out in
the market, I’ve been expecting to find reprographers who are charging no
premium or a small-premium for printing plans in color (vs. in b/w.) If that hasn’t yet happened in your market,
do expect it to show up at some point down the road. I think that’s inevitable.

Prices “per print” per pricing posted on
their respective web-sites

Notes for tables:

–LDI’s
pricing web-page does not show pricing for 15×21 prints, so I’ve estimated that
pricing

–LDI’s
pricing for b/w prints based on orders for
300 or more prints per order (b/w)

–LDI’s
pricing for color prints based on orders for
30 or more prints per order (color)

–Plans4less
pricing web-page does not show pricing for 12×18 prints (b/w or color)

Black & White	Plans4less.com	Blueprintsprinting.com	Ldireproprinting.com
12×18	.50	.11	.44
15×21	.50	.33	(estimated) .55
18×24	.50	.41	.67
24×36	1.00	.66	.90
30×42	1.00	.99	1.35
36×48	1.00	1.32	2.05

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Color	Plans4less.com	Blueprintsprinting.com	Ldireproprinting.com
12×18	6.85	.40	.90
15×21	6.85	1.65	(estimated) 1.35
18×24	6.85	2.06	1.80
24×36	14.00	3.30	3.60
30×42	20.00	4.95	5.40
36×48	28.00	6.60	7.20

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