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Customers can print in person, by using a computer at any DC Public Library location, or by using the remote printing option available at branches. Printing at the MLK Library is available onsite-only. To find the location nearest you, please see our list of locations and hours.

Details for the remote printing process are as follows.

Customers must send their print jobs to the email of the desired pick-up location:

Anacostia: anacostialibrary@dc.gov
Bellevue: bellevuelibrary@dc.gov
Benning: benninglibrary@dc.gov
Capitol View: capitolviewlibrary@dc.gov
Chevy Chase: chevychaselibrary@dc.gov
Cleveland Park: clevelandparklibrary@dc.gov
Deanwood: deanwoodlibrary@dc.gov
Francis A. Gregory: francisgregorylibrary@dc.gov
Georgetown: georgetownlibrary@dc.gov
Lamond-Riggs interim: lamondriggslibrary@dc.gov
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library: firstfloormlk.dcpl@dc.gov 
Mt. Pleasant: mtpleasantlibrary@dc.gov
Northeast: northeastlibrary@dc.gov
Northwest One: northwestonelibrary@dc.gov
Palisades: palisadeslibrary@dc.gov
Parklands-Turner: parklandsturnerlibrary@dc.gov
Petworth: petworthlibrary@dc.gov
Rosedale: rosedalelibrary@dc.gov
Shaw: wathashawlibrary@dc.gov
Shepherd Park: shepherdparklibrary@dc.gov
Southeast: southeastlibrary@dc.gov
Southwest: southwestlibrary@dc.gov
Takoma Park: takomaparklibrary@dc.gov
Tenley-Friendship: tenleylibrary@dc.gov
West End: westendlibrary@dc.gov
Woodridge: woodridgelibrary@dc.gov

Customers may print up to 20 pages per day, and there is no cost.

For verification, please provide the email address of your print job to library staff when you are at your selected pick-up location. Staff will retrieve your print job.

Documents will be printed as-is. All prints will be made on 8.5" x 11" paper (double-sided).

Be sure to double check your prints before you send them. Staff will make no formatting changes or edits. 

Please visit the FAQ on copying and scanning for more information on those services.