Duplicating Services

The Logistics Management Branch (LMB) is responsible for the operation of the NOAA Duplicating Plant.  The NOAA Duplicating PLant offers a variety of services for black and white and color copying/duplicating as listed below.  These invoices are offered between 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday, except for Federal holidays.  Turn around time is 3 working days or less, depending on client's need.  For additional information please contact Susan.Bloomer@noaa.gov by e-mail or by phone (301) 713-2220 x149.

NOAA Duplicating Plant
Room 3830
1315 East West Highway (SSMC3)
Silver Spring, MD  20910

Services offered by the Plant include:

black and white copying
color copies and color transparencies
stapling
hole punching (1/4", 5/16", 3/8" sizes)
tape binding (blue or black)
reduction or enlargement of camera copy to reproduce on 8-1/2" x 11" paper
reproduction of publications on paper sizes ranging from 8-1/2" x 11" through 11" x 17"
two-sided copying
cover stocks in various colors
folding
scanning hardcopy onto CDs

A cost-per-copy chargeback system is used at the Duplicating Plant and the NOAA Form 50-5A is used for all duplicating services. Three-digit control numbers were assigned to NOAA Line and Staff Budget Offices. These numbers are your authorization to use these facilities, and they must appear on the Form 50-5A before any duplicating services will be provided.

Duplicating Documents.  Generally speaking, duplicating is used for standard text without photographs (halftones).  A determining factor when deciding to use duplicating or printing is the number of copies.  The quantity limitations for the NOAA Duplicating Plant are 5,000 copies of a single page or 25,000 impressions (number of originals x the number of copies) in the aggregate.

Services.  Some of the services offered by the plant include:

stapling
hole punching
tape binding
reproduction or enlargement or camera copy to reproduce on 8-1/2" x 11" paper
reproduction of publications on paper size ranging from 8-1/2" x 11' through 11" x 17"
two-sided copying

Cost.  A cost-per-copy chargeback system is in place at the NOAA Duplicating Plant and the NOAA Form 50-5A is used for all duplicating services.  Cost per copy is currently $.04 per unit for black and white copies and $.85 per unit for color copies and includes all services listed above including stocked paper.  Three-digit control numbers were assigned to NOAA Line and Staff  Budget Offices.  These numbers are your authorization to use these facilities, and they must be on the 50-5A before any duplicating services will be provided.

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