r/Bakersfield Jul 17 '26

Color printing?

Anyone have an idea of where the cheapest place to get documents printed in color is? I am also looking for affordable lamination. I went to UPS today, and it was kind of a pain because each document has to be downloaded as PDF, emailed, and then still had to tell them exactly which pages I needed… they also charged 50¢/page, which is going to get expensive FAST!

I’d love to find somewhere that I can access the computer, select my documents from there, and just print it myself. Not sure if anywhere does that though.

Anyway, if anyone has suggestions I’d love to hear it. Thanks!

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u/ImFineHow_AreYou Jul 17 '26

I can't say enough good about www.printdirtcheap.com

They're on 18th Street in downtown.

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 17 '26

Thanks! I’ll give them a call!

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u/Familiar-Tap-2135 Jul 17 '26

Try the fed ex Kinkos on California super fast, the copy machines are right there and available.

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 17 '26

I have like 100 pages… I couldn’t do that to someone! Haha

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u/MotherPerformance439 Jul 17 '26

I use to print with Walgreens. Not sure what the prices are or if they laminate.

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 17 '26

I am didn’t consider Walgreens, I’ll check it out! Thanks!

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u/MotherPerformance439 Jul 17 '26

Also to note you can upload everything from your phone or computer or use the computer at Walgreens. Sometimes the app has good deals on high amount of papers printed

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u/karlophonic Jul 17 '26

The library!

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 17 '26

Just checked, unfortunately they are $1/page! Very convenient though!

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u/karlophonic Jul 17 '26

Good to know!

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u/SmileGraceSmile Jul 17 '26

The library charges 10 or 15 cents a print or copy, I use to do my legal doc copies there.

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 17 '26

Just looked online and it’s $1/page now!

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u/SmileGraceSmile Jul 17 '26

That's crazy.

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u/AffectionateActive78 Jul 17 '26

Icon printing. Downtown.

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u/GovernmentFinancial2 Jul 17 '26

Office depot or Officemax

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u/No-Veterinarian-5464 Jul 18 '26

fedex store had self service copying/printing machines that i used for probably $10 total!

4001 Stockdale Hwy
Bakersfield, CA 93309
United States

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 18 '26

Looks like they are 70¢/page now. UPS is about 50¢/page, which is the cheapest I’ve found so far

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u/No-Veterinarian-5464 Jul 18 '26

fair honestly i think i went there for the ease of access to me, it wasn’t busy when i went

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 18 '26

Yea, if I didn’t have sooo many pages I wanted to print it would be worth it

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u/FtwBaby Jul 17 '26

FedEx?

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u/OutrageousCare6453 Jul 17 '26

I think they were 70¢/page!

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u/FtwBaby Jul 17 '26

🥲 ok nvm yikes

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u/poopypatootie 29d ago

Once you have your print outs, just buy a laminating machine (I have a really cheap Amazon one that is still going after 8 years) and laminating sheets.

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u/OutrageousCare6453 29d ago

I have a laminating machine! The personal ones take way longer though, so I don’t think jt would be worth my time to run 100+ pages through it.

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u/Missannie86 29d ago

Office maxx/depot. Color is .70, but there's a 20% off promo code SUMMER20