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3D printing for libraries
Patrons upload on your library's own site. Local makers print it and drop it at your branch. We handle everything from order to drop-off.
Across our partner libraries
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Intagly takes these off your plate.
Printers give off fine particles and fumes, so they need a ventilated space.
With Intagly: printing happens off-site, not in your building.
Is it safe to 3D print indoors? →Printers, spare parts, filament and repairs, every year.
With Intagly: nothing to buy or maintain.
Taking requests, preparing files, babysitting and clearing failed prints.
With Intagly: staff hand over finished prints. That's it.
Labs often require certification classes and minimum ages.
With Intagly: open to patrons of all ages*, no training needed.
Lab printers are shared, so jobs are capped at a few hours and a few a month.
With Intagly: local makers print around their own schedules, not your opening hours.
Some prohibited parts look harmless.
With Intagly: every upload is screened and every order is checked.
Some gun parts look like a bracket or a flat plate. Library staff shouldn't have to tell the difference. Every upload is screened against known prohibited parts, and makers check every order before printing.
Read our Prohibited Items Policy →Prints are made by makers in your community, often patrons themselves. Your library becomes the hub.
Most of each print's cost is paid to a local maker.
Makers deliver to your branch, and every pickup brings a patron through your doors.
Patrons with printers can become makers and earn from their skills.
All ages* and skill levels. No classes or certification.
*Patrons under 18 need a parent or guardian's permission and supervision.
We set up your library's branded site and handle every order from upload to drop-off. Pick how prints are paid for.
Patrons pay discounted prices by card on your site. No cash handling at the desk.
You pay only for prints patrons order, with a monthly limit per patron and a cap per order.
No upfront cost · Cancel anytime · Patrons pay less than our regular prices
Your library dashboard tracks how many patrons print, what they make and what it costs. Here's what patrons do with it across our partner libraries.
patrons come back and order again
orders reach the branch within a week
See it before you sign up
This is what your patrons would see: your library's name on its own 3D printing site, a step-by-step guide to ordering, library-card sign-in, help finding or making a model, and clear rules on what we can't print.
Open the sample site →Anytown Public Library is a demo. Nothing there places a real order.
3D Printing for Anytown Public Library Patrons
Your library card is your print pass
Nothing up front, and you can cancel anytime. With patron-funded printing the cost to the library is zero. With library-funded printing you pay only for the prints patrons order, within limits you set.
Usually less than a week from order to pickup at your branch.
Every upload is screened against known prohibited parts, flagged files go to our team, and every maker checks each order before printing it.
Hand finished prints to patrons at pickup. We run the site, the makers and the orders.
Yes. Patrons under 18 need a parent or guardian's permission and supervision.
Send the request form. We'll show you a live partner site, sign a short memorandum of understanding that sets out what Intagly and the library each do, and set up your library's branded site.
Tell us about your library. We'll show you a live partner site and how setup works.
No upfront cost. Cancel anytime.