- Store wins same-hour walk-up. CheapFAST wins a packed box with FREE ground.
- Live floors 2026-09-18: color copies from $16.57, B&W from $12.80.
- Never multiply a posted click by quantity. Compare packed totals on the worksheet.
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Answer first: a FedEx or Kinkos color printing cost menu is a per-page click. CheapFAST color copies start from $16.57 on the live form, with free ground shipping already inside that print number. Black and white copies start from $12.80. Compare packed totals. Do not multiply a wall poster by 200 in your head.
A Miami nursing student needed 40 color copies of a 12-page clinical packet before Friday lab. The FedEx Office counter quoted a color click, then added collate and a box fee once she asked for a stack she could mail to her roommate. On CheapFAST the same morning, color copies opened from $16.57 with the yellow FREE ground tag already on the print line. She still had to date the form for her exact page count and sides. That is the whole job of this guide.
People still type Kinkos when they mean the copy shop with the orange and purple boxes. They want a per-page number for a thesis budget, a church bulletin, or a landlord packet. CheapFAST is a box shop. We fold ground into the print price. Those two models only meet when the job is large enough that a packed carton beats a counter click plus a ride home.
What a FedEx / Kinkos per-page menu hides
A posted color click looks honest until you add the second side, the heavier stock, the collate, the staple, and the ride. If you live three miles from the store, the ride is your time. If you live in a county ZIP, the ride is a Saturday. CheapFAST does not itemize Ground. A Miami ZIP and a rural ZIP show the same yellow FREE tag on color copies.
I opened our color copies form and the black and white copies sibling while writing this. Floors on 2026-09-18: color from $16.57, B&W from $12.80. The live total is a job number, not a menu click. If you need six color pages in ten minutes, a store still wins. If you need 200 letters in a box, stop multiplying a poster on the wall.
Store menus also hide paper upgrades. 24 lb bond is not the same hand as a heavy cover. When you bump stock at the counter, the click often moves. On CheapFAST, paper is a chip on the form. The packed total jumps when the chip jumps. That jump is print, not a silent ship fee.
| Job | Store habit | CheapFAST habit |
|---|---|---|
| 6 color pages today | Walk in. Pay the click. Leave. | Do not ship this. Drive to the store. |
| 200 color letters | Per-page plus finishing plus a box guess | Form total with FREE ground from $16.57 floor |
| Thesis set, 40 copies | Click + wait + collate fees | One packed number on color or B&W |
| Text-only lease stack | Color menu by mistake | Use black and white copies from $12.80 |
| Same-hour fix while the car runs | Clerk watches the crop | We cannot beat a lobby. Use the store. |
How to compare FedEx printing cost per page without lying
Write the page count, sides, color, and whether you need a box. Quote the store with those same facts, including the bag. Quote CheapFAST on the matching copies URL. Download the worksheet on this page and fill both columns the same morning. If the store is still cheaper and you can drive, drive. If the box is cheaper and you cannot drive, use the form.
Do not add a dest-ZIP penalty on our Ground. We eat that. Air is the only extra ship dollar after you open 2nd Day or Next Day. Type the ZIP when you need air. Ground does not need a lecture from the carrier table.
Posted store menus change. Date any cent figure yourself on their site the morning you buy. This guide is the model. The CheapFAST dollars above are live floors from the form on 2026-09-18. Re-quote if a paper chip changes.
Quantity math that stores skip and forms show
A counter habit is to quote 25 sheets, then let you multiply. That math is wrong once finishing and a box appear. On CheapFAST you set the real quantity on the form and read one packed total. Example path: open color copies, set letter size, one side or two, then the quantity you actually need. Watch print, FREE ground, and the packed total on the right rail.
If your packet is mostly text, switch to black and white copies before you invent a color discount. The B&W floor from $12.80 exists so a text lease does not sit on the color ladder. Putting a black lease on the color form to chase a pretty thumbnail is how people overpay online and offline.
Another math trap: counting only the click and forgetting the second side. Two-sided color is not free at a store. On our form, both sides is a chip. The total moves. That move is honest print. Ground stays FREE.
Black and white is not a free color job
Kinkos and FedEx publish cheaper K-only clicks. That is real. It is also why our black and white copies URL exists. Do not put a text lease on the color form. Premium color and express color are other URLs. Premium is a paper and click ladder. Express is a clock. Stores mix those ideas at the counter. We split them so the form can tell the truth.
If the packet has to leave tomorrow, open express color copies. Do not write rush in the note field on the standard color form and expect the express cell. The quote would stay standard. Production days are print time. Ground starts after the carton leaves the plant.
When the store still wins on FedEx / Kinkos color printing cost
Same-hour pickup. One broken page you need while the car is running. A clerk who can watch you crop a screenshot. CheapFAST will not beat that. We print and ship. Ground is free. Air is extra. We do not have a lobby copier in every city.
Honest limit: we are a ship shop. Use a store for one page now. Use our form when a box has to leave the plant. If you need a walk-in storefront in your city, we do not have one. Local wins same-day. We win ship-to-door price with ground already inside the number.
File prep that keeps both quotes honest
Export a PDF with bleed when the product needs it. Keep type off the trim. Soft JPG screenshots make both the store clerk and our preflight ask for a reprint conversation. If you design in Canva, export PDF Print, then upload. Do not send a social PNG as the final for a 200-sheet packet.
Collate and staple are only real when the form sells them. Do not write staple in the notes on a flat copy quote and expect a free finish. The packed total would be wrong. If the chip is gray, it is not for sale here.
Does CheapFAST match a FedEx posted click?
No. We do not sell a click. We sell a job with ground inside the print number. Compare packed totals on the same morning. Color copies start from $16.57 on the live form as of 2026-09-18. Re-quote if a paper or sides chip changes before you pay.
Is Kinkos still a company?
People search the old name. The stores you walk into are the current copy-shop brand in that plaza. The search intent is the same: what does a color page cost, and what does the stack cost after finishing. Use the worksheet so both quotes use the same page count and sides.
Do you charge more to a farm ZIP for color copies?
Not on Ground. That is the CheapFAST deal. A Miami ZIP and a rural ZIP show the same yellow FREE tag on ground shipping. Air still prices from the ZIP after you open 2nd Day or Next Day. Leave the ZIP closed unless you clicked air.
Can I get a walk-up copy from CheapFAST?
Not from this site. We are a ship shop. Use a store for one page now. Use our form when a box has to leave the plant. Same-hour pickup is still a store strength, and this guide will not pretend otherwise.
Where is the order button for FedEx-style color copy jobs?
Open color copies for color packets. Open black and white copies for text. Premium and express each have their own live form. Ground shows as the yellow FREE tag, not $0.00. Pay Later is available on checkout when you need a broker to reject a wrong cell before a card charge.
How much are color copies online at CheapFAST today?
The live floor is from $16.57. That number already includes free ground shipping. Open the form, set your page count and sides, and read the packed total for your exact job. Do not use last month blog dollars. Date the form the morning you buy.
What about FedEx printing cost per page for black and white?
Store K-only clicks are usually cheaper than color clicks. Our matching path is black and white copies from $12.80 with FREE ground. Do not force text onto the color URL to chase a thumbnail. The B&W form exists so the quote stays honest.
Should I collate at the store or online?
Collate only if the live form sells it or the store quotes it as a real line. Writing collate in a note on a flat copy quote does not create a free finish. Compare the store finishing line to the CheapFAST chip on the same packet size before you decide.
Related: express color copies if the packet has to leave tomorrow, or flyer printing cost if the job is really a flyer stack instead of a copy packet.