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February 28, 2007
Library Launches New Print Management Software
If you're a regular visitor to the Darien Library, you're no doubt familiar with the busy hum of the printers in the Main Reading Room and the Technology Center, as they handle over 500 printouts a day in either black and white or color. Yes, the Darien Library is a lively place, and our patrons do a fair amount of printing each day. Since we use shared printers in both the Main Reading Room and the Tech Center, patron printouts can occasionally get mixed up. Maybe you've had the experience of printing a job at the library and, when you walked over to the printer to retrieve it, finding it has been unwittingly picked up by another patron. Well, help is on the way.
In an effort to help sort out our patrons' printing issues (and save a few trees), we've installed a new print management system, which will allow you to control when your job(s) are released for printing. The new system requires you to log in with your library card barcode. You don't need to have a Darien Library card, but you do need to be in our patron database. Each patron still receives $2.00 worth of free printing on the Library every day--that translates to 20 black and white pages or 8 color pages. If you have a big printing job to do, you can give us the extra money to cover it, and we'll credit your printing account.
The software was first installed in late December and we've been testing and troubleshooting it since then. Late last week, we launched it on all of our public internet computers. So, don't forget your Library card; if you've lost it, now's the time to get a new one. Our tech staff--Judy, Jose, Chris, and Joe--are happy to help you use this new software.
Posted by JudyS at February 28, 2007 08:40 AM