The Copy Room

Really friendly and efficient customer service — Jake was especially kind and helpful. Very quick turnaround on a job –less than 2 hrs — that other places said couldn’t be delivered until the next day. Even when there was a small mishap — partly miscommunication on my part — they fixed the issue quickly. Would definitely return again and recommend!

The jobs I bring to The Copy Room are small (a couple of copies here, a single print-​out there, faxing a few pages the next day) … definitely not the large scale projects that make the shop a big profit. Still, I believe The Copy Room treats my teeny tiny projects with the same care as they do for bigger orders.
I love that I can bring documents to print on a flash drive, or simply email them to the shop. Also I appreciate that they’re open until 6:30 on weeknights so I have time to stop by after work.
Most importantly — the staff is friendly, fast and very helpful!

As an alternative to shopping at a Kinkos, the Copy Room is as local as you can get in Evanston, IL. Their prices are reasonable and fair and their turnaround time for ordering custom prints or posters are roughly a day. They can print large banners and posters, binding, faxing, and can scan your documents as well as long as you carry your own drive. Their store is full service and will print large volumes of things for corporate events or celebrations at reasonable and competitive prices. Simple black and white copies are only 6 cents in comparison to other places where they could charge much more. I was very pleased with their service on several occasions and would highly recommend them.

These guys are first rate. Fast, friendly and reasonably priced. I’ve used all the others around the area and no one compares — thanks to everyone at The Copy Room.

These guys are great. I used them for all my dissertation work and they were so fast and professional. I think they charge 1 cent more than quartet copies but they are faster.

I’m worried I’m going to nickel and dime these guys to death. I only ever come in for oddball one-​off requests that require special attention from them and make them about 79 cents. But they always do it without complaining, and they go the extra mile when there’s anything else they can do.

The Copy Room quickly printed a small poster for me, at about 15% to 20% of the cost I was being quoted by Staples and FedEx Office. Incredible value, and you can’t always say that when comparing a locally-​owned business to corporate behemoths. Will definitely return for future printing projects.

Very fast, thorough and a great price. Would definitely use them again in the future. I felt good about using a small local business rather than a big chain.

I needed dozens of pages scanned, quickly and inexpensively. Queried two local Evanston copy shops. Copy Room was the only one who could do the job quickly, and charged less than half what the other shop wanted. Not the first time I’ve used this place, which is always reliable, helpful, and inexpensive. Unconditionally recommended.

Fast. Convenient. Friendly. Inexpensive.
And, even in 2013, they will not only fax things for you, but they will receive faxes for you, which is what bumps them up to that 5^th star.

I was recommended this place by a buddy whose main selling point seems to be that it was a local business. Recommendations like that always make me weary because I fret over if the person is making a political statement at the expense of good work. Now, I’m ALL for supporting local businesses, but not at the expense of quality. If I can get a better job at a big-​box store, that’s where I will go.
I was so delighted to discover that to the Copy Room does fantastic work at great prices. The staff is knowledgeable and helpful on top of just being good guys. I do a sizable amount of printing, but I didn’t want the size of my order to influence how they treated me as a customer and I didn’t want to risk the quality of a large order on people I didn’t know. So, my first printing job for them was small. Just a few small laminated posters and a couple page handout. Within an hour of receiving my order, they contacted me with a small typographical error they had found in my order to see if I wanted to correct it before going to print. That is exactly the kind of attention to detail you want out of a printing service. It made me wish that typo wasn’t just a bonehead gaff but something I put in as test on purpose! I have used them ever since.
In the end, I have to begrudgingly thank my friend for recommending this local business despite my initial condescending misgivings. It really does make a world of difference to work with a printer who remembers you, your orders, your needs, and your name. In this case, local is pretty awesome.

Had an unusual request, wasn’t worth much to them to do it, they did it for an incredibly reasonable price and had it for me in 1 hour and ½ – looks terrific. When I need printing next time, i won’t go anywhere else. And they are very nice besides.

These guys have always been fast good and reasonable to me

Hello
I am down grading this company based on a recent visit. I have used them in the past for 1 or two copies and that worked out well. However, this recent visit was a FAIL and that pains me since I believe in supporting local business and not big conglomerates.
I dropped off some printing for an interview, left and came back in about 45 mins. I was told some pages could not be printed — maybe it was how I copied the files over. OK, sounds plausible… I’m in a hurry and they are the experts — right?!
Fast forward to the interview and as we are paging through the pages, OMG they are effed-​up. I had to make some lame excuse but it was embarrassing!
I gave The Copy room a call and he tells me to CHECK MY PDF since they just hit print! OK, but I have PRINTED this document before [at work] with no problems. Maybe it was their fault maybe it was mine, but for chrissakes, why didn’t they check their work??? and tell me.
Note to businesses, don’t blame the customer — take responsibility apologize and move on!
I have to say for important documents, The Copy Room might not be the place to go…
One last comment, they seem a bit to lackadaisical to me — maybe they don’t expect to be used for very important work… who knows.

I hate how overpriced copy jobs are at big box stores. So glad I gave this place a try. My simple copy job was reasonably priced and quickly printed and tri-​folded. I worked in the copy center at college back in the day. The Copy Room’s shop reminded me of that very much. No frills, just getting the job done. Plus there were seats so I could wait for my job to be done.
Also, I had a book I wanted spiral bound (a book of sudoku-​like puzzles are much easier to hold with spiral binding). Cutting the spine off + the spiral bind cost $ 3.50. At Office Max, the same thing cost $ 5.50.
This is my new go-​to copy place.