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PRINTING SERVICES
Central Services Facility
201 Park Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 231-6950
Fax: (803) 231-6951

Printing Services offers high quality printing, copying, desktop and finishing services to all Richland County School District One schools and departments. We provide a competitive cost advantage to meet the district's printing needs by maintaining a full-service in-plant operation supported through departmental printing budgets.

Our Mission
The mission of Richland One's Printing Services is to provide a quality product which meets or exceeds the expectations of the customer.
 
Available Services
 
CONSULTATIONS 
We offer free consultations for customers to discuss typesetting, graphic design and layout, color choices for paper and ink, binding or finishing of product, and job cost.
DIGITAL HIGH SPEED COPYING 
Q: What exactly does digital copying mean?
A: First generation copy of your document.
Example: Instead of making a copy of your document, we use your original file and print it directly to our high speed copier, like you would print to your printer. More on preferred file types below
Printing Services uses a Cannon Image Runner high speed laser copier capable of speeds exceeding 110 copies per minute. The Cannon also collates and staples on-line producing exceptional quality.
DIGITAL COLOR COPYING
We also use a Cannon digital color copier which produces photo quality images at a rate of 35 copies per minute in sizes up to 11 x 17.

PDF FILE FORMAT
One of the biggest challenges of sending a file to Printing Services is making sure you have accounted for everything that is needed to output your file… every image, every font and every graphic must be linked and available for your file to print correctly. So what is one to do? Create the document in a "print-ready" format such as PDF.

PDF files contain all your images, all your fonts and all your graphics in one file. The file can then be transferred cross platform (IBM to Mac to UNIX) without a single problem. The end result is a smaller size file (than the original file plus linked files), a file that prints exactly how you see it on your screen and is the new standard for electronic distribution.

Since the PDF format is typically not used for creating files, but is instead a way to convert files created in your favorite applications into a digital "picture," you do not have to change the way you create your documents. So use your favorite page layout or illustration applications and when you're done, convert the file to PDF. (Call Tommy at the Print Shop for more information on converting your file at 231-6950.)
DESKTOP PUBLISHING SERVICES 
Printing Services offers typesetting and publishing services using professional production software allowing us to create needed documents, brochures, newsletters, stationary, books, posters, etc... We also have a high quality over-sized scanner enabling us to scan sizes up to 11 x 17 in grayscale or color.
PAPER CHOICES 
Printing Services maintains an extensive inventory of papers to meet your needs. Sheet sizes range from 8-1/2" x 11" to 23" x 35". Customers may select from a wide range of weights, textures, and colors. We also sell unprinted paper stock in assorted colors, textures, and sizes. We have a variety of Astrobright colors, bond, certificate paper, and cover stock.
PRINTING
Single and two color offset equipment allows for reproduction of high-quality items in sheet sizes from business cards to 11 x 17.
BINDERY/FINISHING SERVICES
Printing Services provides bindery/finishing services such as folding, stapling, booklet making, drilling and paper cutting. For book finishing, we offer tape, GBC, and strip binding.
Location
 
Printing Services is located in the Central Services Facility on the corner of Lincoln and Catawba streets in downtown Columbia. Our hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The phone number is 253-7099. Our fax number is 231-6951.
Tours
 
Printing Services invites customers to stop by, meet the staff, and see our printing process first-hand. We would also welcome school class tours of our shop. Group tours are by appointment only. Our hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.