Services We Offer

The Copy Center has many services to offer, in order to help you with the useful, eye-catching, or informative project you're working on. Below, please find a list of the services we provide:

Our copying services are versatile, and can be used creatively to produce the results you desire. Basic copying options include: single or double-sided copying, stapling, copies on colored paper, three-hole punching, and other features. To see price estimates, click here. Many jobs are small enough that they can be done while you wait, or you can have them brought via courier, or pick them up later.

Book copying is a popular service requested by faculty members. A single copy of a book, due to its labor-intensive nature, costs $.10/page. Often, we can fit two facing pages of a book onto a single page, or each page can be blown up to suit your needs. If you're planning to request book copies, be sure to read our copyright information.

Color copies can be made on transparencies, card or paper stock and come in sizes ranging from 8.5" x 11" to 11" x 17". Since this is a popular service, send your request in a timely manner. If you're planning to request color copies, be sure to read our color copies page.

If your copy job requires that a large number of pages be collated, yet not stapled or cloth bound, we can shrink-wrap each copy. For example, some course packets are copied onto three-hole punch paper, to be inserted in a binder. We often shrinkwrap these packets, to keep them together before they are sold in the bookstore. Check our prices page to see how much shrinkwrapping costs.

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If you would like to create a book, one of the most popular ways is a cloth-bind. This process costs $.50 per book, or $1.00 with added plastic covers and works for packets up to two inches thick. Bindings are available in black only.

If you would like to create a book, we offer GBC-binding. This process costs between $1.50 to $3.00 per book depending on the size, and works for packets up to two inches thick. Bindings are available in black, blue and white. Check our GBC binding page for further details.

Stapling

Stapling is a simple process that can be applied to almost any copy job. Automatic stapling, which is done by the copy machine, can consist of up to two staples in a packet. We can automatically staple packets of up to 100 sheets of paper. For thicker packets, we recommend cloth or GBC binding.

Folding

The Copy Center can fold your copies in several different ways. Automatic machine-folding can be performed on 8.5" x 11" paper and cardstock, and also on 14 inch or 17 inch paper. We can now automatically fold booklets while they are copied. One of our most popular folding services is letter folding. Options for this include:

• Letter folding: tri-folding. This can be either head-in, in which the print is not visible, or head-out, in which the print is visible, so that the header of a letter can be shown.
• Folding in half

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Campus Mailings

Mailings can be done by the Copy Center, mainly for administrative offices. If a department wishes to send copies of information to the entire campus, faculty and staff only, or students only, the Copy Center can sort, bundle and mail them for you, for an additional charge. Printing Services offers lettershop mailings, which include envelope mailing, addressing, metering, etc. For more information contact Rick Bourque x2032.

Collating

Collating is a basic service provided with copies of packets, and can also be performed on more complicated jobs. Front and back covers can be added, of a different type of paper; sheets can be inserted as section breaks within a packet, and cardstock sheets can be inserted as well. Many collating processes can take place automatically, but some require additional manual collation (for example, the collation of separate stapled packets or of different-colored sections of a lab manual).

Courier

The Copy Center provides pickup and delivery of jobs to almost any location on campus. Several times a day, we pay visits to our drop boxes in Green Hall, Founders Hall and Pendleton Hall, and twice a day we drive to other locations, on a set route, to check other drop boxes for jobs, and deliver any that we have completed. For more information, including times, drop box locations, and a map, see our Courier Services page.

Setup

Setup is a service that becomes necessary when a customer's originals are of poor quality, old, hard-to-read, in book form, or for some other reason is not copy ready. This is an optimization process, sometimes necessary to do the job.

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Posters

The Copy Center can copy posters in both color ink and black and white, on 8.5" x 11", 8.5"x14" or 11" x 17" paper. Some sizes can be printed on card as well. For paper and card sizes and color options, see our paper page. Our copiers are equipped with features to enhance photos' appearances, so your posters are nicely printed. Another way to ensure high quality images is to submit your copy request online

Table Tents

Table tents are a popular way of publicizing for events on-campus. They can be printed in color ink or black and white. The table tent-making process involves reducing an 8.5" x 11" original so that it is repeated four times on a single sheet, which is then copied onto cardstock and cut in half. So, in order to get 150 table tents, you need only order 75 copies. We can now set-up your table tent using Adobe if you send your request online.

Cutting

With our small electric cutter, we offer fast cutting for table tents, notices, postcards, tickets etc. For extremely precise, or multiple cuts please contact printing services, x2032. Cutting is done at printing on a programmable, digital, high-capacity cutter. The cost of our cutting depends on the stock (card or paper) and quantity. See our Prices page.

Confidential Copying

The staff at the Copy Center understands that certain jobs are private, and must be kept that way. If your materials are of an especially private nature, simply let us know when you drop off your job by marking the "CONFIDENTIAL" box at the top of your copy request form, or choose the "Confidential Copy Request" form on our firstclass conference. This procedure assures that your copies will be run by the manager, kept in a secure place, and any extra copies will be destroyed.

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Course Books/Packets

Course packets or lab manuals can be a valuable resource for students. We ask that you follow copyright rules. We cannot copy more than three copies of your packet if you do not have the appropriate clearances.
The copy center offers coverstock paper in a variety of colors (see our paper page) and cloth binding or GBC binding to help the course packets last for an entire semester. You can also get your packet three-hole punched.
What is the best way to set up my course packet?
The clearest way is to bring it in exactly like you would want it to be copied. Mark sections that should start on a new page if the packet should be back to back but the originals are single sided. Mark and put post-its anywhere you would like color inserts. One popular feature of course packets is having transparencies for covers, which are inserted when the books are bound.
If your course packets are going to be sold as textbooks in the Wellesley College Bookstore, you must go to the bookstore with your originals because the job request must come from the bookstore if you want them sold there.

On-demand Policies

If your job is not extremely large and does not require a lot of setup, and especially if you are in a great hurry, the staff at the Copy Center can complete the job in under ten minutes while you wait. Academic materials for classes have the highest priority in this process. If the job cannot be completed while you wait, we will either deliver the job, call you when it is ready, or you can come back to pick it up at a later time.

Faxing

The Copy Center is happy to send and receive faxes for students. In fact, we are the only place on campus where students can receive faxes.
For more information, including pricing and the fax number, please see our Fax Information Page.

Thesis copying

The Copy Center is a primary resource for thesis copying. Once the thesis is written please consult with your advisor about proper finishing based on your department's requirements. Many students are able to have thesis copies paid for by the department. If you are authorized to charge your thesis to a department, please bring the department's budget number with you when you drop off your thesis for copying. We not only copy, but also cloth-bind or GBC-bind your thesis to make it look as professional as possible based on your department's preferenes.

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Transparencies

Transparencies can be printed at the Copy Center in either color ink or black and white. If you wish to make many transparencies, especially if they are in color, we may need additional time. Click here for information about transparency prices.

Other Printing Services

The Copy Center, as a quick printer, offers many sevices, but we don't do everything. For other needs such as press runs, laminating, letterhead, business cards, design services and lettershop mailing services, please contact our companion office-Printing Services at x2033. The Copy Center can also work together with Printing Services to complete your job, in a two-part operation. If we need to send your job to Printing Services, please allow an extra day before delivery.

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Copy Center Website
Created By: Ricki Sears and Peggy Renwick
Created: Apr 2002
Last Modified: August 2006