Photocopying and Printing

If you can access the document you want to print from email, cloud storage, a website or your USB, you can log into one of our library computers to print it.

1. Log into the computer using your library card number and password.
2. Access your document. Make sure to have your email login information if accessing your email. If using your USB, insert it into the computer’s USB port.
3. Open your document.
4. Go to the print options on your document. Adjust your printing preferences, choosing whether you want to print in colour or black and white, how many copies and whether you want to print double-sided (duplex). Double-sided printing is selected by default.
5. Press Print.
6. Before you release your print job, you will need to add funds to your library card, using the pay station near the printer.
7. To release your print job, scan your library card’s barcode using the barcode scanner at the printer. Your library card is also available in digital format using the Ryde Library app.
8. Press the Print Release tab on the printer touchscreen and press Print All or select the specific document you want to print and press the Print button.  

9. To logout from the printer, press the physical ACCESS button to the right of the touchscreen. On the touchscreen, press Yes to Would you like to logout?

Upload documents from your phone, laptop, tablet or home computer to print at the library.

1. Log into the Web Print portal using your library card number and password.
2. If you are printing an attachment, you must download it to your device first.
3. Press Select files… to browse to the document you would like to print and press Open.
4. After the file has uploaded, you’ll see its status as Waiting for release. If you click on the file name, you’ll be able to adjust the print settings by clicking File Print Settings.
5. Don’t forget to add funds to your library card using the pay station near the printer.
6. To release your print job, scan your library card’s barcode using the barcode scanner at the printer. Your library card is also available in digital format using the Ryde Library app.
7. Press the Print Release tab on the printer touchscreen and press Print All or select the specific document you want to print and press the Print button.
8. To logout from the printer, press the physical ACCESS button to the right of the touchscreen. On the touchscreen, press Yes to Would you like to logout?

1. Make sure you have enough funds on your library card. Add money to your account using the pay station near the printer.
2. If you have a one-sided document, open the photocopier’s lid and place the document image-side down. If you have multiple separated pages, place them in the document feeder on top of the photocopier.
3. Scan your library card’s barcode using the barcode scanner at the printer. Your library card is also available in digital format using the Ryde Library app.
4. Press the green Use Copier button on the printer’s touchscreen.
5. Press Copy.
6. Adjust the photocopying preferences.
7. Press the Start button.
8. Your document will print. Don’t forget to collect your original copy.

9. To logout from the printer, press the physical ACCESS button to the right of the touchscreen. On the touchscreen, press Yes to Would you like to logout?

Whilst you can plug your USB into a library computer to print, you can also plug your USB directly into the printer to print. This will only work for PDF and JPEG documents:

1. Make sure you have enough funds on your library card. Add money to your account using the pay station near the printer.
2. Scan your library card’s barcode using the barcode scanner at the printer. Your library card is also available in digital format using the Ryde Library app.
3. Press the green Use Copier button on the printer touchscreen.
4. Plug in your USB on the USB port on the left of the touchscreen.
5. You should be able to see your USB’s files and folders on the printer’s touchscreen. If not, press the right arrow to scroll through the printer touchscreen menu and press e-BRIDGE Plus for USB Storage.
6. Select the document you want to print.
7. Adjust your printing preferences.
8. Press Start.
9. Your document will print.

We have several computers that have desktop scanners attached to them. However, you can also scan directly to your USB using the printer for free:

1. If you have a one-sided document, open the photocopier’s lid and place the document image-side down. If you have multiple separated pages, place them in the document feeder on top of the photocopier.
2. Scan your library card’s barcode using the barcode scanner at the printer. Your library card is also available in digital format using the Ryde Library app.
3. Press the green Use Copier button on the printer touchscreen.
4. Plug in your USB on the USB port on the left of the touchscreen.
5. You should be able to see your USB’s files and folders on the printer’s touchscreen. If not, press the right arrow to scroll through the menu and press e-BRIDGE Plus for USB Storage.
6. Choose the folder you want the document scanned to.
7. Press Scan on the printer touchscreen.
8. Name your document and choose the scanning preferences.
9. Press Start.  

You can use the library printer to scan a document to your email:

1. If you have a one-sided document, open the photocopier’s lid and place the document image-side down. If you have multiple separated pages, place them in the document feeder on top of the photocopier.
2. Scan your library card’s barcode using the barcode scanner at the printer. Your library card is also available in digital format using the Ryde Library app.
3. Press the green Use Copier button on the printer touchscreen.
4. Press Scan to Email.
5. Press Address Book.
6. Press To+ at the bottom left of the printer touchscreen.
7. Type the email address you want to send the scan to. It’s best practice to send it to your own email first, so you can verify that the scan worked. Press OK.
8. Adjust scanning preferences.
9. Press Start.
10. Name your document.
11. Press OK.
12. If you sent the document to yourself, check your email to make sure the scan worked.

13. To logout from the printer, press the physical ACCESS button to the right of the touchscreen. On the touchscreen, press Yes to Would you like to logout?