anyone know where I could get this done?

[Plonking]

hi all,

I've almost finished writing my dissertation for uni, and need to get it printed out and then have all the pages bound together.. does anyone know of any chain of shops that might do this? Or what I might have to look up in the phonebook to find the right people?

It's only gonna be 20-30 pages, and I could get it done at uni, but I won't be there again for a few days, so somewhere local would be much better!

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

P

[Chris W]

I've got one of the binders that does it but that probably doesn't help you

iirc they do it in staples, or any local printing shop would be able to do it for you as well)

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

I've got one of the binders that does it but that probably doesn't help you

iirc they do it in staples, or any local printing shop would be able to do it for you as well)

kallkwik does it i think , only any good if you have one near you though

[Plonking]

thanks guys, i'll have a look into those greenies for the lot of ya!

i still haven't finished it yet, so i have to be speedy ! it's turned out to be the longest rambing load of nonsense i've ever written!

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[luftys]

Originally Posted by Plonking

it's turned out to be the longest rambing load of nonsense i've ever written!

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Well you should get a good mark for it then Good Luck

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Plonking

hi all,

I've almost finished writing my dissertation for uni, P

I studied in Bournemouth as well! The AECC in Boscombe.........going back down there for a course next weekend
On topic........yes, any print shop/printer should be able to bind it for you.
edit.....there is probably somewhere on Old Christchurch road or Holdenhurst road.....

[Plonking]

Originally Posted by luftys

Well you should get a good mark for it then Good Luck

lol, cheers, i've just finished writing out the bibliography, and realised i used 60 references for it.. that's a record for me!

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[Plonking]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I studied in Bournemouth as well! The AECC in Boscombe.........going back down there for a course next weekend
On topic........yes, any print shop/printer should be able to bind it for you.
edit.....there is probably somewhere on Old Christchurch road or Holdenhurst road.....

hey, cool, although, to confuse things, i go to uni in southampton, but i think i know where you mean i'll be in boscombe next weekend for a birthday party, so make sure you wave out the window

i've since found out that staples do binding, for a quarter of the price of binding at uni and it takes about 2 minutes, not three days, , although it took about an hour to find that out, and ringing different staples stores, because they kept hanging up on us and not knowing how to use their phone system...

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[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Plonking

hey, cool, although, to confuse things, i go to uni in southampton, but i think i know where you mean i'll be in boscombe next weekend for a birthday party, so make sure you wave out the window

i've since found out that staples do binding, for a quarter of the price of binding at uni and it takes about 2 minutes, not three days, , although it took about an hour to find that out, and ringing different staples stores, because they kept hanging up on us and not knowing how to use their phone system...

P

I used to go to Southampton hospital for dissection classes

I didn't know that Bournemouth uni had a campus at Southampton

Originally Posted by Plonking

I've almost finished writing my dissertation for uni, and need to get it printed out and then have all the pages bound together.. does anyone know of any chain of shops that might do this? Or what I might have to look up in the phonebook to find the right people?

Try asking at the Students Union, eg ISTR the Portsmouth union actually had a "comb binding" machine to do this.

[Paul K]

Comb binding a set of work only takes a couple of mins since all you are doing is hole punching the side edge and then inserting the pages into a binding. Don't know why you were told 3 days, here we do them as people wait and I've yet to see them send out for food and drink while they wait

[Halcyon]

Good luck with it all.
I was writing mine last week. Its a nightmare to get everything done.
Hope it all turns out well for you.

[Plonking]

cheers everyone, for all your help, advice, and wishes of good luck

i've just been to staples and had it all done.. it was all very easy! i had two copies bound, so i have one spare for me as well they had this magic machine and made it before my very eyes

i think my uni said it would take so long, as i expect there is a backlog of other things that need to be bound, printed out, etc. etc., plus the fact that all of the office staff at my uni seem to have three hour lunch breaks !

P

PS: Ramrod: dissection classes ? sounds like fun ... also .. i actually commute to uni each day to southampton from bournemouth (1 hr and a half each way).. sorry be being my normal confusing self!

[AndrewJ]

Have a good time hope you do well.

[quadplay]

You've finished??? It's January! I've not even started mine properly yet!