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15025 S. Illinois St.
Plainfield, IL 60544
Phone: 815-436-6639
Fax: 815-439-2878
E-mail: Click Here

Text 'askppl' to 66746 for questions *

LIBRARY HOURS

Mon - Thurs: 9AM-9PM
Fri - Sat: 9AM-5PM
Sunday (Sept - May): 1PM-5PM

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Computers and Equipment

Computers

There are 16 computers for adults and 16 computers for kids under 18, which are available in Youth Services.

You must have your card with you to use the library computers.
Each patron may have up to three 60-minute computer sessions per day, depending upon computer availability.
Printing from library computers costs 10 cents per page in black & white and 50 cents per page in color.
Non-library cardholders are welcome to use our Express Internet Station for one 15-minute session per day.
Children under age 11 must be under the direct supervision of an adult while accessing the internet.
Earbuds may be purchased for $2.00 each and memory sticks may be purchased for $10.00 each.
Some computers have access to read-only CD/DVD drives.
At this time, the library is not equipped with CD burners.

Wireless Access (WiFi)

The Library offers free wireless Internet access from anywhere within the building. Wireless printing at the regular printing fee is also available. Go to http://www.printeron.net/plainfieldpl/webprint for information on how to print from your laptop or from your home computer and pick up your print jobs at the Library.

Copy Machines

The Library offers self-serve access to black & white and color copying on both floors of the building. Black & white letter or legal-sized copies are 10 cents each. Black & white ledger-sized copies are 20 cents each. Color letter, legal and ledger-sized copies are 50 cents each.

Microfilm Readers

Patrons are welcome to use the microfilm reader located in the Local History Room. The microfilm reader is fully digital and can save images to the computer or alternate media devices such as email, USB drives, CDs or DVDs. Printing from the microfilm reader costs .10 cents per page for Black and White copies and .50 cents per page for color copies.

Fax Machine

The Library now offers a self service fax machine, Fax24 Kiosk, which is located on the main floor. You can now send your own faxes by using one of the following credit/debit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover; cash is not accepted by the kiosk. It costs $1.50 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page for incoming and outgoing faxes. For international faxes, it is $4.95 for the first page and $3.95 for each additional page.

Public Self-Serve Scanner

From this station, located adjacent to the main floor Reference Desk, you can scan a document and do four basic things to it:

Save it to a USB Drive
Save it as a GoogleDoc
Email it
Print it

If you scan to print, the print job goes through the Print Release Station and you pay for it and release it via your Library or Single Card. The only cost is for the print job; otherwise, the scanning is free.

In order for people to be able to scan to letter, legal and ledger (the scanner calls this "tabloid") sizes, the default "printer" is actually the copier. If you have any other questions, please ask for help at the Reference Desk.