Coeur d'Alene Public Library adds new printing capability

Need to print an airline boarding pass but your printer at home is out of toner? Are you at the library and have a document on your smart phone, laptop, or tablet that you would like to print?

No problem.

The Coeur d'Alene Public Library has recently added a new capability - wireless and remote printing services.

"This is something patrons and visitors have been asking for since we opened the new building," said Christopher Brannon, Information Technology Coordinator for the library. "We are very pleased to finally provide that service."

The new capability has been funded by The Coeur d'Alene Public Library Foundation.

The service works in three ways:

* From an Internet-equipped device in the library or any remote location, access the library website - cdalibrary.org - and click the SERVICES link and the link for Printing or go directly to http://www.printeron.net/cdpl/frontave. The user will then be asked to provide an email address and to select the document to be printed.

* Documents can be emailed from any location to cdpl-frontave-bw@printspots.com for black and white or to cdpl-frontave-color@printspots.com for color printing by adding the documents as attachments.

* From iOS or Android devices, download the PrinterOn app. Once it is installed, tap the QR button to scan the QR codes on the special bookmarks at the library to add its printers to your device then print as you normally would.

Printed materials can be picked up at the library during open hours the day it is sent. Black and white copies are 10 cents per page and color copies are 20 cents a page. The print-release station is located at the Research and Information Desk. Print jobs that are not picked up are automatically deleted from the system. Printing is limited to letter-size pages printed on one side and $10 of printing per project.