At a Print Shop in Brazil: Print, Scan, and Copy Documents in Portuguese
Learn the everyday Portuguese for printing a form, scanning a page, or making copies at a Brazilian print shop.
Real Life Portuguese · 5 min read · Updated October 15, 2026
The short answer
A gráfica is a print shop; a papelaria is a stationery store, though a shop may offer both. Use imprimir for printing and digitalizar for scanning. Tell the staff whether the file is on your phone, in an email, or on a USB drive.
Ask whether the shop can print or scan your file
Vocês conseguem imprimir um arquivo do meu celular?
Can you print a file from my phone?
Preciso digitalizar esta página e enviar por e-mail.
I need to scan this page and send it by email.
Choose color, paper, and page options
Preto e branco means black-and-white; colorido means color. Frente e verso means double-sided, and uma cópia means one copy. Ask the employee to confirm which pages will print before approving a long document.
Pode imprimir em preto e branco, frente e verso?
Can you print it in black-and-white, double-sided?
São três cópias, só das páginas dois e três.
That’s three copies, only of pages two and three.
Confirm the cost and collect the pages
Ask the price before sending a large job. If you need a document soon, check how long it will take and whether the shop can staple or bind the pages. Confira means check or verify.
Quanto fica para imprimir essas dez páginas?
How much will it cost to print these ten pages?
Você pode conferir se todas as páginas saíram?
Could you check whether all the pages printed?
Put it into practice
Name the task, file source, and print settings so the shop can confirm the job and its price.
Quick practice
Which Portuguese example matches “How much will it cost to print these ten pages”?
Choose an answer to check yourself.
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