Copy Central

I don’t own a printer, copier or fax. So 6x per year I need to go to Copy Central. Here’s why I like this place:
1. the owner is super nice
2. there is always parking right outside on Rose
3. the equipment is in good working order and it’s always tidy
4. I can bring in a flash drive and print stuff myself in record time
5. prices are cheap
6. opens at 8 AM

good place to make copies and use computers!!!

We have utilized the services of Copy Central for over 13 years, and the one at Shattuck and Rose in Berkeley, managed by Rob Pierce, for the last 6+ years. We followed Rob, when he moved from an Oakland Copy Central that closed because of a lease issue. We liked Rob so much we followed him to Shattuck and Rose.
Rob is a pleasure to work with. He understands what you want. He listens and helps us figure out the best way to do a job, and then does a superb job of follow-​through, printing and delivering on time. With no foul-​ups !
We run a county public health program where we do a lot of training. We have various big long curricula documents, with multiple segments that need to be copied a certain way, with separators etc., and also a thick syllabus. Rob has duplicated these training materials for us many times; and many copies per order, sometimes 75 copies of 1.5 inch thick spiral-​bound binders. Each time they are perfectly done. And, he’s always kind enough to deliver them to our training site, so we don’t have to haul them.
He also prints our twice-​yearly newsletter. We email it to him. He prints out the master, and in a few days 400 newsletters are delivered to our office. Again, no problems. If he has a question, he calls before going ahead. Turnaround time is always great too.
Rob and Copy Central provide excellent service and do a great job, at good prices. I highly recommend him and their work.

I have been printing my work at Copy Central for many years. Rob and his crew are always
helpful and fully knowledgeable of all the printing equipment needed to print my artwork and
written material to my total satisfaction. Jobs are always done on-​time.
I drive to their shop from Oakland for the excellent quality work that many printing shops
nearer to my studio do not come close. I gave up on generic places like Kinkos years ago,
as Rob and his crew deal with customers far better and I get the feeling I am actually working
with professional printers and not kids looking out the window wondering when quitting
time is coming. Copy Central is aces in my book.
Mark Erickson
Painter
Oakland, California

I had to print one page, they charged me $ 3.50 which broke down into $ 0.10 for the page and $ 3.40 for opening my flash drive! How does this place stay in business? I’m never going back to this place and you shouldn’t either.

With a $ 2 charge to print 2 pages from my flash drive and then another $ 3.25 to fax them, this place is over-​priced. The staff was nice and printing/​faxing went well, so some stars for that. And although it was a trivial amount of money (it would really add up on bigger jobs) the pricing left a bad taste in my mouth. Especially when Cal Copy down the road is much more reasonably priced.
Unfortunately, «Down the road» was the key factor for me this day. Like buying milk at 7 – 11 or hooking up with the marginally attractive girl down your dorm hallway, you’re paying for the convenience. This place got my business because of Monday’s rain.

This is where most of the students are forced to get their readers. I think it’s a bit overpriced and it’s sooooo annoying to have to wait over an hour for a fricken reader.