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Are you looking for help with printing in a BPL Public Access Computer Lab? Did you send something to the printer which did not print? After waiting a few minutes to be sure the file has had time to print, ask a Library employee for help. Please do NOT send the printing multiple times.
For information on other electronic services, see our Technical Support Page Are you trying to print part of a large web page? Use the print preview feature of the browser to select and print the section you want. Depending on what brower you are using, the exact instructions may be a little different.
  1. From the top of the browser window, select 'File'
  2. Select Print Preview
  3. Use the preview to identify the page(s) that you want to print
  4. Close the preview
  5. Select print and identify the pages you want to print.
Are you having a problem printing a PDF file? Many PDF files print correctly from any PDF reader. Some will only print from the XPDF reader. Unfortunately, applications sometimes prefer to call one of the other PDF readers. If you have a PDF file which does not print or only prints part of the pages, this should solve the problem:
  1. From the PDF reader window, select File and Save (or Save a Copy)
  2. Pay attention to where the file is saved and to the name of the file. You may need this information to locate and open the file in XPDF
  3. Save the file (click Save or OK)
  4. Close the PDF window
  5. From the Applications (foot) menu, select Graphics
  6. Select XPDF Viewer
  7. Right click in the window and select Open. If right click does not bring up a menu offering 'Open', take off the number and caps locks and try again.
  8. Locate the file you saved in the 'Files' list, click to highlight it and select Open
  9. Click on the printer icon and click Print
Do you have a web page or e-mail which won't print? Sometimes clicking in the portion of the web page you want to print just before selecting 'Print' will solve the problem. This will usually work if only the top or side of the page is printing.

If clicking does not work, copy the contents to an Open Office document and print from there. This will also work if you use the Text Editor instead of Open Office.
  1. Bring up Open Office
  2. In the web page or email, left click the mouse on the beginning of the area you want to copy and drag until you have hi-lighted the entire area.
  3. Right click the mouse somewhere in the hi-lighted area and select 'copy'
  4. Right click the mouse in the Open Office document and select 'paste'
  5. Print from the document (file, print)
Wondering how much it costs to print? You may print up to 10 pages per day from the BPL LA Library Connection Databases or from the library website (pages from

Warning: If you attempt to print and it does not work, please request immediate help from library staff. If you try to send multiple copies, you may be charged for each copy.

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Last Modified on Thu Oct 12 21:10:43 2006