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Dissertation Binding

  • 12-08-2007 09:18AM
    #1
    bigred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭


    Hi
    I'm nearing the end of my dissertation and am wondering where in Dublin I can get my work bound (preferably quickly and cheaply!). Roughly what's the cost for an MSc dissertation - approx 90pgs. and how quick can it be done? BTW, it's for Trinity (if that helps)
    Thanks
    Jimbo


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,202 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    There's a place on Camdem Street, AFAIR, it's called The Thesis Center.


  • #3
    rain on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭rain on


    http://www.thesiscentre.ie/

    My connection is too crappy to look at their website, but last year it cost in or around €100 to get three copies of a masters thesis hard-bound. They did a same day service if you brought it in before midday or something.

    If money is an issue you're better off taking it to a photocopiers and getting it soft-bound for feck all.


  • #4
    bigred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭bigred


    Thanks for that - much appreciated :D


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,735 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yup, you can get it soft bound in Reads (yes, on Nassau Street) for around €2.50 a copy - the price varies as to whether you go with spiral bound or wax bound.


  • #6
    H2G2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭H2G2


    I find the Thesis Centre too expensive. I have used Duffy Bookbinders (106 Seville Place, just up from Connolly station) for binding of thesis and other document. They are quick and good prices.


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  • #7
    Dostoevsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Dostoevsky


    Just resurrecting this as I have to print out and hardbind my thesis tomorrow. It's 374 (single-sided) pages long. 8 of these are coloured. Duffy's Bookbinders is closed until mid-July (summer holidays) ; I find it hard to believe that The Thesis Centre is the only place left in Dublin that binds theses. Anybody know of another place?

    I've a couple of technical questions:

    1. Is it possible to print on both sides of the paper? The official copy will be on one-side, but for financial and size reasons I want to print the remaining 9 copies on both sides.

    2. I'm being quoted 4.5cent for each 80gsm one-sided B&W copy printed. Does anybody know of a cheaper price?

    Thanks.


  • #8
    Dostoevsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Dostoevsky


    I've found two more places in Dublin:

    Academy Thesis Binding - 01 401 3949 (initially charged me €32, the same as The Thesis Centre, but when I told him Duffy's charged €22 if I left it with them for 48 hours or more, he said he'd match that price if I leave it with him for the same time)

    Creative Binding Solutions (formerly Thesis Ireland) - 01 6251924 (http://creativebinder.com/)



    Anywhere else?


  • #9
    tintar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭tintar


    thanks for the updates Dostoesvky, my thesis is well overdue & I'm looking for places to print & bind it.

    which printing company did you go with in the end?

    did the rate of 4.5 cent / side include the binding or is that just for printing?

    this may sound naive, but can i just print it on my Canon inkjet printer & have the binding done externally?


  • #10
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭convert


    Yep, you can print it out and bring the hard copies to the binders who will bind it for you. That's what I did


  • #11
    Dostoevsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Dostoevsky


    tintar wrote: »
    thanks for the updates Dostoesvky, my thesis is well overdue & I'm looking for places to print & bind it.

    which printing company did you go with in the end?

    did the rate of 4.5 cent / side include the binding or is that just for printing?

    this may sound naive, but can i just print it on my Canon inkjet printer & have the binding done externally?


    The 4.5cent was just for printing. The binding was a separate issue. I got more responses over on this thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055612003 - and one of the posters there runs a printing company so contacted me and and did the 11 copies for €210, including the 88 coloured pages. I was happy about that price.

    I then rang the Thesis Centre and told them how many copies I had and they charged me €23 to bind each thesis on top of that. So it paid to talk to them.

    I made a few mistakes and decided I wanted to replace them and rebind the thesis a month later. The Thesis Centre actually have a rebinding service which they charge €10 per thesis for. They charged me €8 per copy when I asked them for a discount. So, all in all, it worked out more than I expected because of the rebind but I feel much happier with it now.


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