Who prints on the weekends?

August 13, 2010 6:35 PM

New York print shop filter: Where can i get 30 double-sided pages of high-quality inkjet printed on letter-size matte presentation paper by monday?

A friend suddenly has an interview at a design firm and needs a printed portfolio. A lot of the quality shops are closed on weekends, or have 5-6 day turnaround times. If you have a professional-level inkjet printer, live in NYC and can do this over the weekend, MeMail me and name your price.

posted by Jon_Evil to media & arts (5 answers total)

I live in Northern New England and the Fedex-Kinkos shops around here have computers with connected printers that you can walk up to, plug a flash drive into, and print out whatever you want. You can load whatever paper you want into them too, which the store also provides. For the color laser printer I've also simply handed my flash drive to the person behind the counter and they've printed stuff out right then and there for me.

Not all of the chain stores have these but I'd expect that you can call them up and specifically ask if they've got an inkjet printer available this way.
posted by XMLicious at 7:21 PM on August 13, 2010

Kinkos has laser printers, which don't do good quality for artsy type stuff.
posted by Jon_Evil at 7:50 PM on August 13, 2010

Do you or your friend have access (maybe via a friend?) to an photography, design or art school?
posted by shothotbot at 9:12 PM on August 13, 2010

Could you find a friend/acquaintance/mefite with an Epson 1400 or the equivalent?
posted by Sara C. at 9:12 PM on August 13, 2010

I've got an R1900 and a bunch of matte photo paper (4x6, 5x7, 11x17) and regular letter sized inkjet paper, but I'm out in Long Beach. If you want to take the LIRR from Jamaica and head to the beach this weekend, let me know. Hopefully you can find someone closer.
posted by Brian Puccio at 10:22 AM on August 14, 2010