Copy Central on Solano Ave. in Albany. Poor personal service, lackadaisical at best. An old man has lots of teenagers lacking a sense customary work ethics do the work. Avoid if possible. read more

Gregg and Natalie & co. were generous with their time and attention, and I really enjoyed the process of working with them to actualize my project, which I needed completed on a short deadline. They were able to get it printed that same afternoon, without extra rush charge, and the quality is absolutely fantastic. I couldn't be happier with the result--and the great service and music selection helped matters along. There is some lovely artwork throughout the store that is worth checking out! I also needed (picture attached) transparency vellum paper print-outs cut to a specific size, and they were able to provide these as well, at a reasonable cost. The project was able to take shape thanks to their kindness and patience, as well as their assistance with small last-minute changes like cropping and trimming the edges of the zines. Thanks so much! You guys made my day. read more

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(Unbelievable, original review was 2016....) Greg and team continue to be fantastic for all my printing needs, from mundane to special projects. They make sure I have what I need in spite of what I might have requested in error. Thank you!! read more

Needed some color cards printed, sorted, and cut, shortly before closing time. Greg and Jaylen did me right. Efficient, clear, helpful, and friendly. I'm glad places and people like this are still around. read more

Such kind and patient service in a world where genuine, human service is so scarce! Despite being super busy, the two guys helped me and everyone else in the store troubleshoot through the printing predicaments. Although the scanner did not register pencil, I was able to print from photos that I took in the store onto the special paper I wanted, so mission accomplished! Thank you for existing and helping me with my prints!! read more

Our organization has been getting fliers, big prints, and so many other special projects printed from Gregg and the entire crew! At times, we have needed a same-day turnaround, and they were able to work with us. They are always so responsive to our emails and questions. This print shop is a gem and works for the community, residents, and businesses alike! read more

Last week We went into copy Central to make copies and was charged 27 cents per side. Today I went to a different copy store and was charged 10 cents per side. Make sure you ask how much a job will be before you make any copies or you'll pay almost triple the cost of other places. read more

Best print shop in Albany Berkeley! Gregg always so helpful and hard working full line of services reasonable prices. Very nice people printing scanning biz cards anything they can do! Prime Albany location across from 7-11. read more

This was an easy local option for printing out your consent form for a vaccine booster shot at the Safeway across the street. Copy Central has an email link you can send your print items to and they confirm verbally with you in store and go ahead and print out your items. The price and wait time both were reasonable, and it was nice to avoid the longer walk to Office Depot. All in all, we would definitely return! read more

A Very polite and helpful team. Unfortunately there was another customer in at the same time as me being inpatient and unkind. Even though they kept their composure. It's nice to have customers service that you can consider service day in and day out. read more

Had a very negative experience here. Very grumpy guy told me it would take a week to print up a page of five names (needed to stick onto mailboxes). Seemed extreme but I went for it. They never called to tell me printing was done. When I contacted them and found it was ready, I went in to pick it up. After all of that, they misspelled one of the names although I had written it out correctly. Not going back there. read more

Greg and Sarah are always so helpful at this Copy Central! We've used their services for our wedding save-the-dates, as well as for other wedding DIY printing needs. Greg and Sarah are speedy/efficient, and make the experience so personable. We'll never not come here! read more

This place is amazing. The service is very friendly and professional. The quality of their product is exceptional and their staff is very helpful and knowledgeable and is not afraid to offer recommendations which is very helpful. Their machines are all very good and high quality also and they are fully prepared to work with covid. Cal ahead and you can email them solano@copycentral.com what you wish for them to print. Prices are very affordable. read more

My daughter used Copy Central to print out her posters when running for class council. Sarah helped us and was very helpful and responsive... Over the phone and email. Replied within 30 mins over email. We'll use Copy Central for our next project.... read more

The best copy shop! The staff is always courteous & responsive. This is my go to copy shop. I travel from Oakland for all of my printing needs because they are that good! read more

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I'm doing a home reorganization, and decided that boxes and boxes' worth of paperwork needed to gently die. But, not die all the way. Just go to the great big box in the sky. Er, the cloud. As such, I took advantage of the scanning/shredding service at Copy Central. Gregg took great care of me. He offered me some guidance that saved me hundreds of dollars, gave me awesome rates, helped me with recycling some of what I didn't need, and was proactively communicative the whole time. He really went above and beyond to help me lighten my load. Reclaim some of your space and give Gregg a call! read more

Came here to get some things printed for my wedding and I was extremely happy with the service I received. They helped us over the phone by letting us know what sizes were available. We brought in our documents on a PDF and they were able to print and cut things exactly as we wanted. We were in and out quickly and it was a great price for the value they provided! I'm really glad I came to Copy Central and I won't hesitate to come here again if I need to use a print shop. read more

This place is always so sweet! Today there was a lovely helper who was just very nice. Always walk down here to print anything for UPS as it's $2 fee and .17 cents a page there and only twelve cents here. They are dog friendly and depending on who you ask you'll get a myriad of suggestions for local Berkeley arts and festivals. read more

As a UCLA student studying and working remotely, I needed to print my many readings for class. The staff at Copy Central were really helpful and made sure that each of my papers was formatted exactly as I requested, even though I had around 11 readings (each at around 30 pages) to print! Their express system for physical distancing included taking orders and finishing transactions at the entrance of the shop. In addition to caring about the copies, Copy Central was great at maintaining the safety of both their employees and customers. Thank you! read more

Great job Rebecca did working with my formatting for my not-for-profit P.E.O. booklets I needed designed & printed to a certain specification. Not only was Manager Greg's quote, including Rebecca's time, less expensive than in past years when other copy centers were used, both he & Rebecca are real pros with follow-up & follow-thru. Grateful this business is in our 1000 Oaks n'hood. read more

Copy Central - Printing Services Near Me - Berkeley, California

I was across the street at Bank of America and needed to make copies of a couple papers. I was going to head to FedEx when I noticed Copy Central. These guys are great!!! They don't have copy machines with a USB stick but didn't charge me for computer time to print from their computer. That was super nice. Also, the guy was super helpful. I ended up coming back a couple days later for a few other things and two guys were working, both of which took care of me like family. The prints turned out much nicer than if I was to go to FedEx. And they were super cheap. It's .09 or .12 to copy and print from a computer, respectively. Nice guys. Nice copies. read more

Copy Central is my neighbourhood copy place when I'm back in Albany. My copy needs are modest and I'm usually in and out of here within minutes. I particularly like the friendly folks behind the counter, the community vibe, and the little printed "extras" that are sometimes available for future reading or writing. read more

I went in because I needed help -- not a hard project -- just copying some things and folding them. This was something I was willing to pay someone to do, because I did not have the time to do it. I explain how I need help ("I need help, can you help me?"), I explain project to owner, he tells me that all he can do is hand me a stack of papers and I can do it myself. I guess it goes without saying: I was willing to PAY FOR HELP - because I didn't have the time to do it, especially with a 3-year old in tow. But thanks -- I now know that you can't even PAY FOR HELP here. read more

The copying is fine, I guess, but I'm not sure I've had worse customer service anywhere. (And in Berkeley/Albany, that's saying something!) They act like you're really putting them out when you ask for help. The woman who works here can be downright rude, and the man just seems indifferent to anyone's presence. I don't get it. I won't go back. read more

I've rarely had ruder customer service than at this Copy Central store on Solano Avenue. The proprietor, a lady who refused to give her name, literally shut the door in my face several minutes before the 7 P.M. posted closing time, then simply repeated "closed, machines shut down." This after I had hobbled (thanks to a recent knee injury) across the street, almost certainly in her full view, to be sure that I arrived before the posted time. I've been here numerous times before but I won't be back in the future. This is a high volume commodity business; good customer service is paramount to success. This franchise's message to me was simple: we don't want your business. I won't be back and I encourage you to take your print jobs elsewhere. read more

I am truly impressed by the customer service at Copy Central on Solano Avenue. I got a single T-shirt printed for a special occasion, and Greg did a stellar job. He cared about the quality, and he made sure I was happy with the result. Not only is it difficult to find someone to print only one T-shirt, but to find someone who gives individual attention is truly rare. I highly recommend using Greg at Copy Central on Solano for your printing needs. I also witnessed him printing a brochure for someone, and doing it over again until he himself was happy with the quality. Go, Greg! read more

Greg is very helpful with any project. I have brought dozens of items--photocopies, prints of photographs and most recently copying and embossing a copy of my vaccination card. I am so glad that Copy Central is in the neighborhood. read more

If you need photos printed, copies made, something faxed really anything, this is the place to go! Everyone is really friendly and turnaround is really fast. They also have great prices for the service. Definitely go here! read more

Great local resource. They do a great service on creating pdf's (rather pay them than Adobe), and recently, I forgot to erase something on a letter they pdf'ed (my error). Emailed them and they redid it, no charge. Recommend highly. I read the other reviews, and can only say sometimes people expect too much for self-service copies, but I have always found them to be helpful in getting you would you need. read more

I was going to use a corporate printing place but saw an opportunity to support a local business. Greg is all business and very helpful. He provided great service and a discount even though the poster was printed the same day. I will not hesitate to give them more business in the future because they were fast, efficient and ready to make things happen. read more

The team at Copy Central were fantastic to work with. I printed large, full color, glossy photos for an event I was hosting and the staff were super quick and supportive of our project! I am very happy to support this local business and hope that other's will bring their copy-needs to Copy Central! read more

My elderly parents went to copy central. Copy central charged them 6$ to print a 6 pages black and white. To fax 12 pages, 13$ Incredible how they take advantage of people here. read more

Very nice experience today as a first-timer today and this will now be my new copy place. The people who work there are extremely friendly and helpful and I very much liked the relaxed atmosphere as well. Copy places can be stressful places, but not this one. I only had simple copying to do, nothing fancy, but I appreciated the spacious tables to spread things out on and organize, and the usual items like paper clips too. Everything was super neat, clean and tidy. I noticed many customers calling in with special orders, and the care, interest and attention with which these orders were handled. Really, really great customer service, and I will always come here from now on! read more

James and the staff are extremely helpful and responsive. We occasionally have pretty tight deadlines, and they are always more than happy to fit us in. If you are not completely satisfied with your job, they will make it right for you! Great location and people, I am a big fan of Copy Central Solano. read more

Very cheap place. I used to pay 20 cents a copy at ups or fed ex. I paid only 7 cents a copy!

This place is wonderful--the staff is totally patient and helpful. They will keep working with you on your project until it looks perfect! They don't charge for your mistakes (!!), and customer satisfaction and dedication is what they are all about. Nice, nice, nice! Why can't more people be like this? I went to Kinko's in Seattle and they wouldn't lift a finger! read more

Called to find out their location, guy on the phone kept telling me across the street from 7/11. Seriously big help, once I broke it down for him like Solano & what, he rudely repeats "Peralta, across the street from 7/11." didn't even bother with to go in after that. If you seriously think people can get a direction by naming a referance point of another business then you don't have enough comprehension to work customer service. rude rude rude. read more

This place is the best place around to make copies or get things printed. Quality is great and the customer service is outstanding. The manager there is super helpful, really pleasant to deal with and the final product, whether t-shirt or a manual, always looks great. read more

Nice people, overpriced. I wouldn't have minded it so much if I were told the price before the lady scanned my 6 sheets for 10 bucks. If you can, I'd avoid this place for simple jobs. Lesson learned. read more

Being a few days before Christmas the place was super-busy. I was in a hurry and didn't bother to ask the price of making color copies--I was thinking something like 10c apiece. I made 160 copies of a 2-page item, B&W text with a tiny color graphic, and was shocked when the charge came to $275. It seems the guy who helped me was new and had made a slight mistake in the charge which now appears to be "only" $181. But still...lesson learned, if a rather painful one. Ask how much it's gonna cost BEFOREHAND. Everyone I spoke to was extremely courteous and helpful, including James and the manager, Gregg, who promptly processed my refund. It just turns out that retail color copying is expensive. I had a look around afterward to see whether I'd failed to see a price list anywhere but didn't see one. Transparent pricing would make this consumer, at least, a happier customer. read more