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Printing Services

From your phone?

  • Click on your choice of printing below to email an attachment:
    nelsonlib-bw@printspots.com (black and white – .25/page)
    nelsonlib-bwdouble@printspots.com (b/w double-sided – .50/sheet)
    nelsonlib-colour@printspots.com (colour – .55/page)
    nelsonlib-colourdouble@printspots.com (colour double-sided – 1.10/sheet)
  • Notes: 1. Make sure your email has something in the subject line, and 2. only your attachment will print–to print your email, save/print this as a file and send as an attachment. 3. Ledger size is not available this way – log onto our computers and send as file.
  • Forwarding an email with an attachment: copy an email from above (press and hold on your choice of emails, and select copy from the options box that comes up). Then paste the email in the To: field of your your email with the attachment (press in the email area until the option Paste comes up and select that).
  • Payment: Go to the Self Service Station near the Printer/Photocopier, enter your email and pay by coin. Or, to pay by card, ask at the library desk to release your print job.
  • Do you send a lot of printing to the Library? Download the PrinterOn app and search for Nelson Library. This is a free app that is easy to use.

From your computer?

  • Click on Print on the Goand search your files for what you want to print.
  • Payment: Go to the Self Service Station near the Printer/Photocopier, enter your email and pay by coin. Or, to pay by card, ask at the library desk to release your print job.

From the library computers?

  • Download what you would like to print to the desktop (these will be deleted after you log off)
  • Open the file by clicking on the icon–this will open it in the correct program from which to print.
  • Follow the instructions on the screen. More instructions are on posters at the computer station.
  • Payment: Go to the Self Service Station near the Printer/Photocopier, enter your email and pay by coin. Or, to pay by card, ask at the library desk to release your print job.

Costs per page

  • Letter/legal black and white: 25¢ per page / 50¢ per sheet double-sided sheet (duplex)
  • Letter/legal colour: 55¢ per page / $1.10 per sheet double-sided sheet (duplex)
  • Ledger b/w: 50¢ per page / $1 per double-sided sheet
  • Ledger colour: $1.10 per page / $2.20 per double-sided sheet
  • Note that ledger sizes are only available when printing from library computers.

Photocopying & Scanning

  • Photocopying is available with the above prices.
  • Scanning documents is also available for free.
  • Sorry, no faxing.