Dallas Independent School District

Folks are fuming in Texas after The Dallas Morning News reported that copying/printing costs at the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) have more than doubled since the district contracted with Kinko's. In 2003, before the contract, the district spent $5.87 million for copying/desktop printing equipment and services; by last year it had jumped to $12.82 million. This is no surprise to those of us in the in-plant industry. Kinko's, like every other outside print service provider, needs to make money to stay in business—lots of money. The way they all do it is by providing companies and other organizations with very high estimates