Copy shop

A copy shop is a service provider that offers the reproduction of documents and often also digital data by means of photocopies or printing for a fee.

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Copy shops provide photocopiers from which customers can usually help themselves . In addition to original documents or images, digital data is also increasingly being printed out directly as a copy.

Usually copies in the can format DIN A4 and A3 are created. Large format copiers and plotters for larger formats are also available in some copy shops . Nowadays, in addition to the classic black and white copies, color copies are usually also offered.

Additional offers in copy shops are thermal bindings , spiral bindings and staples . Some copy shops also offer real book bindings, so-called hardcover bindings . Also lamination is often proposed service. The copy or the print is sealed between two clear films. This makes the prints insensitive to external influences.

As an additional service, material can also be scanned in, which is then written on CD or sent as an e-mail.

There are now more and more copy shops that offer their products online on the Internet. For this purpose, the order information and the files to be printed are transmitted via the World Wide Web or e-mail. The finished "copies" can then be picked up at the copy shop without waiting or delivered by parcel service.

Legal situation in Germany

The businesses based in Germany have to pay a flat fee to the collecting society Wort for the second usage rights of language works . These device sales were confirmed by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1971.

Web links

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