Hi Amber,

My library charges .10c for B/W and .25c for color. We have a printer lease through a somewhat local shop. So we pay a monthly lease and then they charge us a rate for each print. We probably make .08c on each B/W and around .20c on color if I had to guess AFTER we have to pay the lease. Our fax is $1/page. I believe the same for laminating, though almost never utilized.

As a notary via the library, I do not charge for this service if the person resides here in Hillsdale county, since that is the county I am commissioned in specifically in my notary application. I will charge $1 to anyone who resides outside of the county (I haven’t had this happen yet). I chose this method because the library paid for me to get this service and while we aren’t a county library system, Hillsdale (as a city) is the seat of the county and therefore we see people come from all over the county with a lot of court documents and other dealings that are being taken care of here. I have found that some people will donate a buck or two anyways (one time $50!). The previous director had something like $1 with a library card and $3 if you don’t. I like to keep things free or as cheap as possible being a library. I would say I do about 3-5 notaries a week so hypothetically we could make back the money in no time to pay for everything required to become a notary, but I really am not worried.

Hope this helps J

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