However, the amount requested by the court reporter, $7,284, and handwritten into the judgment, was based upon a rate of $1.20 per page for an original and four copies of the 1,214-page transcript. This rate exceeded the "statutory rate" at which court reporters were required, absent agreement, to supply transcripts ordered prior to August 5, 1984 (see, CPLR former 8002; 8 Weinstein-Korn-Miller, N.Y. Civ Prac ¶ 8002.05; Fried v Langs, 106 Misc.2d 776). Thus, there is a question in this case as to whether the $7,284 charged by the court reporter was excessive.