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Note: This resource may be accessed from home with a valid Michigan Driver’s License or Library card.
Evaluations of new products and comparisons between products, that are released by the magazine, Consumer Reports. This resource is accessible from home with your Dexter District Library card. If you have a Library Card that begins with 29082, you will need to get a new card from the Library before you can use this resource from home. Come to the Library and we will supply you with a new card free of charge.
Consumer Reports is provided through financial support from the Friends of the Dexter District Library.
Video courtesy of Rob Ewing and Ewing Pros, Realtors
Community groups listed below without a Web site do have a phone number for reference.
If you have a community group to suggest for this list, please contact Paul McCann, Director, via e-mail at pmccann@dexter.lib.mi.us.
Suggestions will be reviewed and added to the list based on appropriateness.
1. Open the Google Play Store, search for and install the SmartALEC app. Don’t open it yet.
2. Turn on SmartALEC printer in the Android settings. Note: If you don’t have a menu option for “Printing”, try looking under “More Connection Settings”
1. Open the SmartALEC app.
2. Sign in with your Library Card number & Pin or Visitor’s pass & pin. DO NOT USE “Guest Sign In”
3. Read/Scroll past the Terms of service and press Accept
4. Press the Home (circle) button on the bottom of your phone’s screen to minimize SmartALEC
1. Open the document/picture you want to print.
2. Select Options (…), then Print. If you don’t see print listed in the options, look for it under “Share”
3. Select the “SmartAlec Printer” if it is not already selected
4. Push the small printer icon to send the print job to the release station:
5. Collect your print job from the print release station
5. Go to the Print Release Station upstairs to collect your print job
1. Go to this web site and log in with your library card number / password:
https://smartalec.smartalecprint.com/SmartAlec?ID=TLN
2. Press “Choose File”, browse to the file you wish to print, and then click upload. You may upload multiple files but they must be done one at a time. You don’t need to be inside the Library building for this step, so the print jobs can be sent from home if you wish.
3. Once you have all the files uploaded, sign into the Print Release Station on the 2nd Floor of the Library, and you will see the files you had uploaded previously. Click them to select, then click “Continue”
4. You will be shown a summary of the charges. Make your selection for Black & White or Color printing. Additional funds may be added to the library card number at the circulation desk.
Meetings are typically held on the third Monday of each month, September through June, at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise posted. Registration is required. Contact Paul McCann at 734-426-4477 (ext 111) for further information.
Lisa Ryan’s Groups
This history focused book discussion club meets the second Monday of every month from 7:00- 8:30 in the DDL lower level meeting room and will focus on different times and places in history. This is a nonfiction reading group, but some quality historical fiction may also be included from time to time.
Registration is required. Contact Lisa Ryan 734-426-4477 at (ext 119) for further information.
This general reading book discussion club meets the third Thursday of every month from 1:00-2:30 in the DDL lower level meeting room. This is a general reading group and it will focus on a selection of books from many different genres.
Registration is required. Contact Lisa Ryan 734-426-4477 at (ext 119) for further information.
The Dexter District Library offers public faxing service for patrons:
Computers for Public Use:
The Dexter District Library has 11 public use computer terminals for adults, 4 public use computer terminals for teens, and 4 public use computer terminals for children. All of these computers have Windows 10 and are loaded with the Microsoft Office 2021 suite; and the adult computers also have Photoshop Elements 18. Full color printing is available for $0.20 a page. Black & white printing is $0.10 a page.
General Rules for Internet Use:
Click here for Dexter District Library Homepage |
| Wireless Printing
8/31/2021 – ATTENTION: Support for iOS/Android has been added to the web based version of Smart Alec. Please carefully read the new steps below. |
| Please follow the directions below:
A. Click here for directions on how to upload your documents/photos to our print release station. These directions should now work for all devices, but legacy directions are listed below. B. (NOTE: Please try step A first) Click here for legacy directions for Android Devices
C. (NOTE: Please try step A first) Click here for legacy directions for iPhone, iPad, iPod
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Hours
| Mon-Fri: | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm |
| Sat: | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm |
| Sun: | 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm |
