New Reprographic Centre

If you walk down Netaji Subhash Road, you will find us at number 77, right on the ground floor. Being at the New Reprographic Centre usually means dealing with the constant hum of the heavy printing machines. The air inside often smells like warm paper and fresh toner. It’s a bit cramped because we have to store stacks of paper everywhere, from the floor almost up to the ceiling. People come in from the street all day long, often in a hurry to get things copied or printed out. We don’t have a big waiting room, just a small counter where things get handed over. The floor is old stone and has some cracks here and there, but it holds up under the weight of the equipment. Being on the ground floor is handy because we don’t have to lug those heavy paper boxes up any stairs. Sometimes the light from the street is bright, other times it’s grey and rainy, but the machines keep running either way. We spend a lot of time clearing paper jams or refilling ink cartridges when the lights start blinking. It is a noisy place to work, but you get used to the rhythm of the rollers spinning after a few days. We know the neighbors well since we’ve been at this address for a good stretch of time now. It is just a plain, busy shop doing its work.