It started as a summer project in March of 1990. With $200 and a PC home computer, Mike and Russ set up a desktop publishing office on the fifth floor of the Bartlet Building in Downtown Windsor.
By July 1991 the company was incorporated and moved to a plaza location at McDougall and Tecumseh Road. Mr. Copies operated out of several units at this location over the next 12 years. By 1992, the company was supplementing typesetting and desktop publishing work with copying and eventually offset printing. |
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| Our original offices were on the fifth floor of this building |
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| In 1994 and 1995, Mike and Russ received some cool awards, including (locally) the Windsor Chamber of Commerce Company of the Year and (internationally) The Corel World Design Contest. |
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One of our original storefronts at the Prime Plaza and Russ smiling for the cameras
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In September of 1995, the Mr. Copies University of Windsor campus store launched. The original store featured student copying, faxing and resume service.
The store was moved and expanded in 1999 to its present location. |
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| The original store sign (1995) and after a move and a renovation (1999) the store as it is today (above) |
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In April of 2002, Mike and Russ purchased a 5400 square foot building eight blocks from the plaza location and moved the entire operation to its present location. The new space offered better exposure, easier access and some much needed square footage. |
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A look at the Plaza lobby 6 days before the big move to the new building.
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Okay, so it wasn't pretty....but its amazing what a little bit of paint and elbow grease will accomplish.
One great addition to the store front was a custom 15 foot neon channel sign. |
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The building as it looked the day we took possession.
Russ hams it up with the "For Sale" sign
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Madison and Mitch (both in sunglasses) are all smiles during the neon test at the sign company's warehouse
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In November 2003, Lasergraphic Systems (a local blueprint and reprographics company) was purchased and relaunched as a Mr. Copies brand. The new acquisition was a great addition bringing large format capabilities to Mr. Copies extensive line of digital services.
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The Main Store exterior and lobby (circa. 2005). The new lobby features a $32,000 End Table in the waiting area
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In June 2005 the large format reprographics equipment was completely updated with significant increases in both speed and resolution. In addition large format colour printing was added.
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Mr. Copies Large Format
Print Room
(circa 2005)
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Mike and Russ also have utility and design patents on several consumer retail products including CardCues - the printable business card holder.
In September 2005 - CardCues placed in the TOP 3 products in Staples Invention Quest Contest. There were more than 13,700 other entries.
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Mike, Art Fry (inventor of the Post-it note) and René (our partner in the project) at the Time Square Studios - New York Finals - September 2005
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