Circulation Services: Copy, Print & Fax

Copy Cards * Photocopying * Printing & Wireless Printing * Faxing

For convenience and savings, copiers and printers have been equipped with the copy card Reader System. Copy cards with copy credit may be purchased from vending machines outside the photocopy room on the second floor of Pappas, in the third floor copy room and at the Annex.

Please PRINT your name on the card before using it.

Copy cards purchased at the vending machines for $1.00 will have 90¢ of copy value.
The following bill amounts will add copy credit to an existing card as listed:	Bill inserted	Copy credit added to card	Actual cost of 10¢ copy
	$1	$1.20	$0.083
	$5	$6.25	$0.080
	$10	$13.30	$0.075
	$20	$28.00	$0.071
Copy cards with 1,000 copies may be purchased in Room 232 with either a check or money order for $65.00 made payable to BU Pappas Law Library. (Actual cost of 10¢ copy = $0.065)

Distributed Copy Cards: 1Ls and LL.M.s in American Law receive a copy card with 250 copies in their orientation packet. A second card with 250 copies may be obtained at the Annex once the first card has been used.

2Ls and 3Ls can obtain their first copy card (250 copies) from the Annex. A second card with 250 copies may be obtained at the Annex once the first card has been used.

Please PRINT your name on the card before using it.

Photocopying

Self-service photocopiers are located:

Adjacent to the Reading Room on the second floor of Pappas.
On the third floor of the law tower, room 352.
Across from the circulation desk in the Annex.

All photocopiers accept copy cards. Photocopies made with coins are ten or fifteen cents each, depending on paper size. A change machine is located outside the photocopy room on the second floor of Pappas.

Conserving Resources: Copying 2 pages on one sheet reduces copy costs and saves paper. Most journals and reporters copy well at 85-90% reduction. Circulation staff are happy to assist you with the reduction features on the copiers. PDFs are available for downloading in electronic format for many journals through the library catalog. Specific pages can then be printed as needed.

Copying Tips: Copying from the back of the article to the front will save you time in collating the materials. (When using the digital copiers in the Pappas copy room you should copy from the first page to last.) Be sure to copy the title page and copyright information. Noting the location and call # can save you time in relocating the original source if it is needed again.

Printing and Wireless Printing at the Law Library

Printing from the library's computers is controlled by print queue manager systems located in the computer lab areas on the second and third floors and in the Annex. You will need a copy card to print from these stations.

After a print request is made, a pop-up box asks for a user ID. Although any ID is acceptable, we recommend using your BU login ID to avoid confusion when retrieving your requests at the print station.

Personal laptops may also be used to print to library printers located in the computer lab areas on the second and third floors and at the Annex. Laptops configured to access the Wireless Network need to add the library printers to their settings. You will need a copy card to print from these stations.

After a print request is made, you can go directly to the print station. Use your Windows user name from your laptop as your user ID.

(Your Windows user name, can be found under Start Menu > Control Panel > User Accounts. If you have multiple “users” on your laptop, use the active account).

To facilitate closing the library in the evening students are requested to send print jobs to the printer outside room 384 during the half hour preceding closing time.

Printing at 111 Cummington Street

All Boston University graduate students have a printing allotment or quota which can be used to print output from applications programs. Please check the Web Computing Page for specific details.

Faxing