Printing
Arthur Lakes Library
Colorado School of Mines
1400 Illinois Street
Golden, Colorado 80401
Phone: (303) 273-3911
Fax: (303) 273-3199
www.mines.edu/library

HIGHLIGHTS

  • You can print from public computers and lab computers to a printer located at the Circulation Desk.
  • You can print from your laptop using your ADIT account.
  • Microfiche printers and copy machines are available.
Printing from Public and Lab Computers

Public Computers (available to all): single-sided 8.5x11 B&W printouts cost .10 per page or purchase a .06 per page punch card at the Circulation Desk  Printouts can be picked up from the Circulation Desk. 

Lab Computers: single-sided 8.5x11 B&W printouts may be sent to the lab printer ("Boyd") located at the Circulation Desk. Printouts from other lab printers must be picked up at the Green Center.  Printing is .10 per page or purchase a .06 per page punch card at the Circulation Desk.  You must be a CSM student, faculty or staff with an ADIT account to use these computers. 

Printing from Windows-based Laptops
Only CSM faculty, staff, and students with an active ADIT account may print from their Windows based laptop to "Boyd". Printouts are single-sided on 8.5X11 sheets and cost .10 per page or .06 per page with the purchase of a punch card. Printouts are picked up from the Circulation Desk. To print:

  1. Start Menu > Run
  2. Enter "lightning\boyd"
  3. At the popup login, enter "ADIT\username" (i.e., ADIT\jdoe)
  4. Enter your password
  5. Say "yes" that "Boyd" is a trustworthy printer
  6. When you print, select "\\lightning\boyd" as your printer

Note: Once you leave the Library and later come back to print, the access and connection to "Boyd" may have to be reestablished.
Microfiche and Microfilm Printing
Location: behind the Reference Room on the main floor and in the Government Publications Reference Room on the first floor.

Cost:  Printing is .15 per page. The microfiche printers on the main floor accept the BlasterCard or Guest card. The microfiche printer in Government Publications takes cash or the old copy card.
Photocopy Machines
Location: main floor of the Library.

Cost: Copying is .10 per page (cash) and .06 per page (copy card). Five of these copiers accept the BlasterCard or Guest card and one copier takes cash or the old copy card. Contact the Circulation Desk for assistance with these machines.