PLEASE NOTE: Daily Information does not offer
drop-in computer / fax / photocopying services (despite what
Google may tell you!). However, there are many companies in Oxford who do
offer computer services, be it drop-in, Internet, sales or repairs. The
following is a selection; if you know of others not listed here, please
email us.
If you would like to advertise on this page, please email
us for details, with 'Computer Services' in the subject header.
If you are seeking or selling a computing-related item,
please go to our
Computers For Sale / Wanted page.
For an online computer-related information source, try
www.whatis.com, which aims to
make technology comprehensible to all. To this end it offers unbiased reviews
of hardware and software (that's "boxes and what they do" to you
and me), and monitors happenings in such fields as e-business and internet
security. For light relief, various peculiar or unlikely news items are
also included.
For online purchasing of computers, related bits and all
kinds of technical stuff, have a look at www.equanet.co.uk.
Visit www.computing.net to search databases of other people's computing difficulties or to ask direct questions of their staff.
Computer Repairs & Services
| The Animated Laser Company |
01865 205188
07774 412944 |
animated.bill@pop3.hiway.co.uk
http://billbaxter.hiway.co.uk |
PC, internet, email not working? Virus, spyware, lost data? Call us! We come to you to solve your PC problems & offer phone support. Consultation, installation, networking, upgrades and repairs. |
| Community
Internet plc |
01865 856176 |
Windsor House, 12 High St, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 2PJ
info@community.net.uk
www.community.net.uk |
ADSL, hosting and website development. For all
your internet needs. |
| Computer Assistance |
01865 451177 |
154 Oxford Road, Oxford OX4 2EB
shop@computerassistance.uk.com www.computerassistance.uk.com |
Macintosh & PC specialists. In-shop & on-site support for all problems - including network & broadband. Specialising in laptop repairs. New macs & laptops.
See banner, top of this page. |
| Kennington Compudoc |
0844 5047725
|
compudoc@live.co.uk
www.kenningtoncompudoc.co.uk |
Help for all computer and laptop needs. Specialize in providing an environmentally friendly solution to business users. Consulting, networking, virus removal packages available. We will not be beaten on price or service! |
| Mark One Computers |
01865 459538
07957 614713 |
tony.suraj@ntlworld.com |
PC, Mac & console repairs; house calls; custom built machines; networking;
advice on how to look after your computer. Open 7 days a week, 9am - 9pm. |
| North Oxford Computer Services |
01865 456928 |
office@nocs.biz
www.nocs.biz |
Local Microsoft Certified Professional solves all your computer problems in your home/office. Internet connections, virus removal, new PC setup, data recovery etc. No fix, no fee in North Oxford. |
| Oxford
Home IT Support |
01865 594020
(7 days a week) |
help@homeitsupport.biz
www.homeitsupport.biz |
Friendly, high quality computer services for home and
business users. We visit you, including evenings and weekends. No techno-speak,
low prices. PCs and Macs, MOTs, upgrades, repairs, sales, networking,
more... |
| Software
That Works Ltd |
01865 250514 |
info@softwarethatworks.co.uk
www.softwarethatworks.co.uk |
Affordable custom software, intranet applications,
websites, database repair and migration, legacy system support. Oxford
based. |
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The following companies offer internet & web design services:
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Computer & Audio-Visual Equipment Hire
...is no longer available from Daily Information. (Nor is general
computer advice or repair - sorry!) Please try the companies in the table at the top of this page or
visit our 'Computers
For Sale/Help' advert board to find local hire services. Otherwise, you might find the following
UK-wide IT and AV rental firms usueful - though be warned: unless your requirements are especially
fancy or specific, it will usually be far cheaper to buy the equipment you need than to repeatedly
hire it.
- Microrent (est. 1983, computers & AV equipment): 01494
768768
- Skylake Rentals (Southampton-based): 0845
223 4946
- IT-AV Hire (all manner of IT & AV equipment): 0845
205 2050
If on the other hand you are seeking a local AV equipment installation company, you may wish to try this independent local specialist:
Installation Man (commercial plasma screen display, TV, home cinema, hi-fi, aerials, computer networks): 0845 652 9700
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Walk-in Internet (as at Feb 2009). (Click here for Oxford Wifi hotspots.)
Central Oxford:
- Oxfordshire Central Library
- Westgate Centre, Oxford OX1 1DJ
Tel: 01865 815509
Mon-Thu: 9am-7pm. Fri & Sat: 9am-5.30pm. Closed Sun
8 long-stay drop-in, 4 short stay drop-in and 4 bookable terminals with access to Internet and Microsoft Office. 2 scanners (bookable). Charge for printouts 20p per A4 sheet, colour/bw. All services are free of charge and no membership is necessary!
- C-Work Cyber Café
- First Floor, New Bailey House, New Inn Hall Street
Tel: 01865 722044 Fax: 01865 243090
Mon-Sat 9am-9pm,
Sun 9am-7pm
All manner of services, including: high speed internet access (£1 per 50 minutes), colour (25p per page) and mono
(15p per page) laser printing, fax (local: £1 first page, 50p per additional page; overseas: £2/£1; receiving:
50p per page)/photocopying/scanning (50p per page/item), laptop & PC repairs, webpage designing, network & Wi-Fi
installation, mobile phone unlocking, airline booking, computer & mobile accessories, toner & cartridge refilling,
e-top-ups, Western Union money transfer...
- Links Communication
- 33 High Street, Oxford OX1 4AN
Tel: 01865 204207 Fax: 01865 640993
Daily: 10am-9pm
£1/45 mins. Fax, photocopying, printing (from 20p), link cash machine, Western Union money transfer, also many mobile phone services.
You can become a member, which may decrease the costs.
- TLS (The Letting Shop)
- 60 High Street (corner of Longwall St), Oxford OX1
4AT
tel 01865 790609
Daily: 9.30am-8pm
Printing: colour 50p, b/w 20p. Coffees £1.20.
20 mins 50p, 1 hr £1.
Internet and letting agents. Ingenious!
North Oxford:
- Café Ziggy (formerly Budget Internet)
- 196 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7BY
Tel: 01865 515955
Daily: 9am-late (11pmish)
£1.50/hr (with budget card: £5 for 5 hours, £10 for 11 hours). Laptops welcome. Hot and cold drinks available.
Also fax service, Western Union money transfer, DHL point, computer/laptop repairs, free use of web cams, scanners, card readers and CD burners.
- Mail Boxes Etc.
- 266 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7DL
Tel: 01865 514655 Fax 01865 514656
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-6pm. Sat: 9am-5pm.
£1/10 mins. Min charge £1.
There is only one machine, so do beware of being caught out. You can print from it. They also offer a postal service.
East Oxford:
- IT Café
- 76 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JB
Tel/fax 01865 793220, mob 07919 971947, ibrahim@makki-it.com
Mon-Fri 10am - 9pm, Sat & Sun 11am - 9pm
Internet access: £1 per hour. Minimum £1, payable afterwards.
Printing: 20p b&w, colour £1 per sheet.
Also faxing (UK only), scanning, laminating and photocopying. See below for details.
The shop offers PC Repairs, network advice and so on, and there's coffee (from machine) and soft drinks.
- UK Direct
- Cowley Road, opposite James Street
Tel: 01865 791098
Mon-Sat: 9am–10pm. Sun: 10am–10pm
PC internet access: £1 / hour
Also photocopying and a send/receive fax service. See below for info.
- XWJ Ltd.
- 246 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UH (opposite Manzil
Park)
Tel: 01865 242022, xwjltd@hotmail.co.uk
Mon-Sat: 10am–7pm.
PC internet access: £1 / hour
Specialise in phone unlocking, repair, but do faxing, copying, printing
and scanning too apparently.
- Mobilink
- 262 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UH (just past XWJ, heading east)
Tel: 01865 204704 Fax: 01865 245330
Mon-Sat: 10am–9pm.
PC internet access: £1 / hour
Mainly phones, but also internet, photocopying and faxing.
- Ufones
- 264 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UH (just past Mobilink heading east)
Tel: 01865 204718 Fax: 01865 245330
Mon-Sat: 10am–9pm.
PC internet access: £1/hour
Photocopying: 15p per copy. Faxing: 50p UK, £1.50 overseas.
Also phone repairs, sales, etc. Cold soft drinks available.
Wood Farm
-
- 3 Cinnaminta Road (off the Slade), Headington, Oxford OX3 7JB
Tel: 01865 426102
Mon - Sat: 9am - 9pm
Internet: £1/hr
Printing: 20p/page
Faxing: 70p/page UK, £2.50(ish)/page overseas
Photocopying: A4 b/w, 10p.
10 bookable terminals. Also computer repairs & sales (new and refurbished). Coffee too.
Headington:
-
- 115 London Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9HZ (just
past the Old High St. junction)
Tel: 01865 426214
Open 6am - 12am DAILY
Internet: £1/hr
Printing: 15p b/w, 25p colour
Photocopying: 10p b/w, 25p colour
Faxing: 75p/page local/national, £1.50/page international
33 terminals. A4 laminating service. International phone cards &
mobile phone top ups. VHS to DVD conversion. Scanning. Cold soft drinks,
hot drinks (tea, coffee, capuccino, mocha, latte etc.) & snacks.
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Faxing & Photocopying
Please note that some of the walk-in internet venues listed above also
do copying and faxing.
Central Oxford:
- Central Library (see above)
- Westgate Centre, Oxford OX1 1DJ
Tel: 01865 815509 / 01865 721694, oxfordcentral.library@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Mon-Thu: 9am-7pm. Fri & Sat: 9am-5.30pm
-
| Faxing to: |
first page |
thereafter, per page |
| UK |
£2 landline / £3 other
|
50p / £1 |
| Europe |
£3 |
£1.00 |
| rest of world |
£4 |
£1.50 |
| via satellite |
£10 |
£8 |
Receiving: |
£1 |
£0.50 |
- Photocopying/printing:
b/w photocopy/prints. A4 10p, A3 20p.
- Oxford Print Centre
- 36 Holywell St, Oxford OX1 3SB
Tel: 01865 240409
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 6p on self-service machine. Bulk order machine starts at 8p and gets cheaper the more you want. Colour £1.20 (same applies). A3: b/w 15p. A3: £2 (again, cheaper the more you get).
- Staples
- 14-16 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HH
Mon-Fri: 8am-8pm, Sat: 9am-6pm, Sun: 10.30am-4.30pm
Tel: 08708 306111 Fax: 01865 208171
Photocopying: single copy and bulk self service. A4: b/w 5p, colour 29p. A3: b/w 10p, colour £1. No discounts on bulk.
If you're seeking to fulfil a large photocopying order rather than get a single page replicated, you could try:
- OxPrint Ltd.
- 18a New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2DW (behind the
Clarendon Centre)
Tel: 01865 245858 Fax: 01865 791437, enquiries@oxprint.co.uk
Mon-Fri: 10am-5.15pm
Large volume print shop with various specialisms.
Minimum charge of £1 + VAT gets you up to 6 b/w copies. Colour is more expensive.
- PressToPrint
- 102 Gloucester Green, Oxford OX1 2DF
Tel: 01865 240420 Fax: 01865 793240, oxford@presstoprint.co.uk
Mon-Fri: 8am-5.30pm
No self-service. Large volume print shop (print from your own computer artwork, cd duplication and design services).
East Oxford (nearest to town first):
- IT Café
- 76 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JB
Tel/Fax 01865 793220, mob 07919 971947, ibrahim@makki-it.com
Mon-Fri 10am - 9pm, Sat & Sun 11am - 9pm
Photocopying: 10p per sheet
Faxing: 50p per sheet (UK only)
Also: scanning £1 per page, laminating £2 per page. All prices for A4.
- Green Print
- 54a Rectory Road, Oxford, OX4 1BW
Tel: 01865 724276
Tue-Fri: 11am - 5pm
Risograph Ink Printing: really good for the environment, no Volatile Organic Compounds etc
Laser Printing: not quite so good for the environment but better hi-res graphics results.
Also: paper sales, comb-binding, lamination, cutting and trimming services..
Email mail [at] oxfordgreenprint.com for prices.
- Cowley Road Post Office @ Costcutters
- 120 Cowley Road (corner of Marston St), Oxford OX4
1JE
Tel: 01865 245103
Post office hours: Mon-Sat: 8.45am-5.30pm. Sat: 8:45am-1:00pm. Store hours: 8am-11pm daily
Photocopying: A4: b/w 10p. (Also drycleaning and money transfer..!)
- UK Direct
- Cowley Road, opposite James Street
Mon-Sat: 9am–10pm, Sun: 10am–10pm
Faxing: 50p per page UK, £1 Europe, £1.50 further afield. Also does copying.
- OxfordPrint
- Grosvenor House, 131 Hurst Street, Oxford OX4 1HE
Tel: 01865 790096 / 468145
Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm
Printers of T-shirts, hoodies, mugs etc, also do binding, laminating (A6 - A3), faxing and copyprinting.
Photocopying: A4 b/w 5p, A4 colour from 20p, A3 colour from 40p.
- Quix
- 166 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE (opposite Tesco)
Tel: 01865 244410
7am-11pm daily
Faxing: within UK first sheet 75p, thereafter 30p per sheet; Photocopying: A4 b/w 10p.
- Parchment Ltd
- Printworks, Crescent Road (up Marsh Road from Cowley Rd), Oxford OX4 2PB
Tel: 01865 747547
Mon-Fri: 7.30am-6pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 5p, colour 40p. A3: colour £1.30. Faxing: have machine, will fax (please call to enquire).
- The Print Shop
- 86 The Parade, Rose Hill, Oxford OX4 4HX
Tel: 01865 777148
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 10p (cheaper the more you order - eg. 5p per copy if 100 copies), colour 60p. A3:
b/w 15p (10p if 100 copies), colour £1.20.
- Maxprint
- 19 Chiltern Busines Centre/Garsington Rd (1st exit
on right up Garsington Rd once past Eastern Bypass roundabout), Oxford
OX4 6NG
Tel: 01865 770004
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 8p (5p if 100 copies), colour £1.20 (60p if 100 copies). A3: b/w 15p (10p if 100), colour £2
(70p if 500+).
Headington (nearest to town first):
- Oxford Brookes University Print Unit
- Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP
Tel: 01865 483065
Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 5p (6p double-sided); colour 25p (50p double).
A3: colour 45p (90p double). LARGER SIZES (colour or b/w are same price):
A2 £6, A1 £10, A0 £20 (cheaper for students).
- Mailboxes Etc.
- 94 London Road, Oxford OX3 9FN
Tel: 01865 741729
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-6pm, Sat: 9am-5pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 7p (or 6p if 100 copies), colour 90p (40p if
100). A3: b/w 12p (10p if 100), colour £1.80 (80p if 100).
- Temple Bookbinders
- 12 Stephen Road, OX3 9AY
Tel: 01865 451940
Mon-Fri: 8am-5pm
Photocopying: A4 b/w 9p, colour 21p; A3 b/w 18p, colour
42p.
- Crown Group Newsagent
- 99 London Road, OX3 9AE
Tel: 01865 762659
Mon-Fri: 6am-7pm, Sun: 6am-1pm
Photocopying: A4 b/w 10p
- Leopard Press
- 12 Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7BX
Tel: 01865 763626
Mon-Sat: 9am-5.30pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 10p, colour £1. A3: b/w 20p,
colour £2. Bulk discounts available. Plan copies too.
- Café Online
- 115 London Road. See listing under 'Walk-In
Internet', above.
- Oxford Design & Photographic
- 122A London Road, Oxford OX3 9ED
Tel: 01865 769606
Mon-Fri: 9am-5.30pm, Sat: 9am-1pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 10p, colour £1. A3: b/w 20p, colour £2.
Also single or double sided printing from artwork or disk; collation and
stapling.
- Headington Library
- North Place (off Old High St), Oxford OX3 9HY
Tel: 01865 762867
Mon, Wed: 9.15am-1pm; Tue, Thu: 9.15am-7pm; Fri: 9.15am-5pm; Sat: 9am-4.30pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 10p, A3: b/w 20p.
-
- Wood Farm. See full details under Internet
above.
North Oxford (nearest to town first):
- Mailboxes Etc.
- 266 Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7DL
Tel: 01865 514655
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-6pm, Sat: 9am-5pm
Photocopying: see above, in Mailboxes listing under 'Headington'.
West Oxford (nearest to town first):
- Kall Kwik (formerly Gillett Press)
- Unit 10, Oxford Business Centre, Osney Lane, Oxford OX1 1TB
Tel: 01865 791003
Mon-Fri: 9am-5.30pm
Photocopying: A4: b/w 9p (7p if 100), colour £1.20 (52p if 100). A3: double the b/w prices. Also posters, mailings, banners
graphic design, litho, etc.
- Data Print
- West Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 0JB
Tel: 01865 243624
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5pm
Photcopying: A4: b/w 12p (7p if 100 copies), colour 70p (45p if 100 copies). A3: b/w 20p (12p if 100 copies), colour £1.20 (65p if 100 copies).
TLS and Café Reach also offer fax services - see table:
| |
TLS |
Internet Cafe |
Central Library |
Budget Internet |
Café Reach |
| Minimum Charge |
£1 |
£1 |
50p in tokens |
90p |
£1 |
| Hourly Rate |
£1 |
£2 |
£3 in tokens |
90p |
£1 |
| Concessions |
none |
Students,OAPs Benefits 99p/hr |
none |
none |
|
| Printing: black & white |
20p |
25p |
20p |
20p |
10p |
| Printing: colour |
50p |
£1.50 |
20p |
50p |
50p - £3 |
| Download to disc |
not sure |
yes |
yes (discs £1) |
yes (CD/floppy) |
yes |
| Help |
no |
yes |
no |
yes |
yes |
| Scanning |
not sure |
£2 |
none |
yes |
yes |
| Camera |
not sure |
free use |
none |
yes |
|
| Fax (send): national |
£1 then 60p |
£1.50 then £1 |
£2 then 50p |
£1 then 50p |
50p |
| Fax (send): international |
£1.20-£2, then 80p - £1.20 |
£2.50 then £2 |
£3-£5 then £1-£1.50 |
£2 then £1 |
£2 |
| Other Services |
Copying 10p |
|
|
Faxes received, 50p; A4 lamination, £1.25; A4 photocopying, 10p |
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Cartridge Refilling
Printer's ink is apparently the third most expensive liquid in the world by weight.
You can save money, and more importantly, the planet, by refilling your printer cartridges at shops such as:
- CartridgeWorld
- 106, London Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 9AJ
Tel/Fax 01865 764454 / cwoxford[@]cartridgeworld.co.uk