Great news: your Barrington Area Library card is about to become even more valuable. Beginning Monday, November 16, 2026, customers with a valid BALibrary card are eligible for $5.00 in free printing credit every day! We're excited about making this service more convenient and accessible to our cardholders, whether you need printing for school, work, practical matters, or creative projects.
How It Works:
- If you have a valid BALibrary card, $5.00 in free printing credit will be automatically added to your account every day. It's important to use your BALibrary card number when sending your job to the printer, here at the Library or through our online print services.
- Credit may be used for black-and-white ($.10 per page) or color printing ($.25 per page).
- If a print job exceeds the available free credit, you may:
- choose to pay the difference that day or;
- split the print job into separate jobs and return on multiple days in order to print the entire document for free.
- Unused credit expires at the Library’s closing time each day. Credit is not added on days when the Library is closed.
New To Using Our Computers or Printing Services?
The next time you visit, log into one of our public computers with your BALibrary card number: then your Library account will be connected to our printing service. That's it: now your $5.00 in free daily printing credit will be available in your account whenever you need it!
Need help logging in or printing? Just ask the staff at our public service desks for assistance.
Printing By Email or at the EZ Scan stations
If you are printing by email or using the EZ Scans, talk to a staff member to have your free printing credit applied to the job. You must provide your BALibrary card number or provide an ID so your account can be verified.
Restrictions - free printing credit cannot be used:
- With computer guest passes – your credits are connected to your BALibrary card account;
- For 3D printing or other fees and materials in the MakerLab;
- For faxing;
- For fees or charges on a BALibrary account.
Printing credits have no cash value and cannot be exchanged, redeemed, or refunded for cash.