Reprographic services

Reprographic services

You can scan, print and copy documents, save them on a USB stick or send them by e-mail. Copiers and/or flatbed scanners are available in the Reading Room’s copying facilities in the basement and on the 2nd and 3rd floors. In the basement, you can also make paper copies (reader printer copies) or scan extracts from microform documents.

Print, copy and scan yourself

Printing and photocopying are subject to a fee. You can top up your library card at the reception desk. Please make sure to respect copyright regulations when reproducing materials

What are the fees?

A4 documents

  • Black and white: €0.25 per page
  • Black and white (double-sided): €0.40 per page
  • Colour copy: €0.75 per page
  • Colour copy (double-sided): €1 per page

A3/B4 documents

  • Black and white: €0.40 per page
  • Black and white (double-sided): €0.60 per page
  • Colour copy: €1 per page
  • Colour copy (double-sided): €1.50 per page

Scanning

  • €0.04 per page

How to print from a BnL computer?
  1. Create a print job from a BnL computer.
  2. Connect to a printer by scanning your library card.
  3. If the printer is in sleep mode, wait until the menu appears on the screen.
  4. Tap on “Print release”, then select the document(s) or tap on “Print all” to start printing.

How to print from a private device?
  1. Send the document(s) as an attachment to print@bnl.etat.lu. The e-mail must be sent from the address in your user account! For printing via e-mail, only A4 format in black and white, printed on one side only, is possible. Compatible files are: PDF, BMP, DIB, GIF, JFIF, JIF, JPE, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF and TIFF.
  2. Connect to a printer by scanning your library card.
  3. If the printer is in sleep mode, wait until the menu appears on the screen.
  4. Tap on “Print release”, then select the document(s) or tap on “Print all” to start printing.

How to use the scanners?
  1. Sit at a scanning station and put your library card onto the reader. Leave it in place until the operation is complete.
  2. Set up the scan from the home screen.
  3. When the scan is complete, save the document to a USB stick or send it to the email address in your user account.
  4. Don’t forget to remove your library card, the session ends automatically.

Reprography by a staff member

Some documents may only be reproduced by BnL staff. A processing fee of €10 is charged for reproductions created my the National Library. In the case of postal dispatch, the dispatch costs are charged to the applicant.

Prints and copies

The following rates apply for making photocopies. They also apply to copies made from microforms.

A4 documents

  • Black and white: €0.50 per page
  • Colour copy: €2 per page

A3/B4 documents

  • Black and white: €0.80 per page
  • Colour copy: €4 per page

Reprography by our photo studio

The National Library only produces photographic reproductions of documents it owns. You can place an order via MyGuichet.lu.

Documents that have already been digitised are made available to you free of charge (excluding the processing fee of €10). The files are delivered online through a download link.

The following rates apply for the scanning of documents.

A7–A3 documents 

  • 1–10 pages: €2 per page
  • 11 pages and more: €1 per page

A2–A0 documents

  • 1–10 pages: €4 per page
  • 11 pages and more: €2 per page

Posters, prints and maps

  • €10 per unit

Manuscrits and incunabula

  • 1–10 pages: €8 per page
  • 11 pages and more: €4 per page

Sheet music

  • €2 per page

Reprography of audio documents

The National Library only makes copies of audio documents from its own archives that are no longer available for sale, provided that these copies are for private or scientific use.

For every 1/4 hour of copying time, a CD costs €5 and any other analogue or digital medium is charged at €7. Copies are delivered as mp3 files.

Do you want to publish the reproduced documents?

A photographic reproduction must comply with the laws and particularly with the legislation on copyright. It is the responsibility of the applicant to clarify the copyright and distribution rights of the reproduced document. Each publication of a document belonging to our collections must be marked “Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg” and a supporting copy must be deposited.

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