That's the thing - you think it should be identical, but maybe they aren't. You're thinking like a geek and not like an office worker.
That is to say. If the photocopier's set up for A4 - that's pretty normal - then setting it up for A3 takes time. Setting it back to A4 again afterwards takes time. Scanning takes time, specially given that usually there's only one person in the office who knows how to use the scanner and the CD writer and they're usually a higher grade so their time is more valuable. Finding the CDs from the stock cupboard takes time. Quite possibly not all the computers have CD writers, so arranging matters so the person who knows how to burn CDs and the computer capable of it united - takes time. Burning a CD - takes time. Packaging up CDs and A3 paper takes more time than whacking A4 paper into an A4 envelope.
Charging a serious amount of money means that people aren't going to request such things frivolously, as people are so wont to do.
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That is to say. If the photocopier's set up for A4 - that's pretty normal - then setting it up for A3 takes time. Setting it back to A4 again afterwards takes time. Scanning takes time, specially given that usually there's only one person in the office who knows how to use the scanner and the CD writer and they're usually a higher grade so their time is more valuable. Finding the CDs from the stock cupboard takes time. Quite possibly not all the computers have CD writers, so arranging matters so the person who knows how to burn CDs and the computer capable of it united - takes time. Burning a CD - takes time. Packaging up CDs and A3 paper takes more time than whacking A4 paper into an A4 envelope.
Charging a serious amount of money means that people aren't going to request such things frivolously, as people are so wont to do.