The quickest way to print documents in Ljubljana depends on how many pages you are holding. For a boarding pass or a two-page contract, walk into a city-centre copy shop; for cheap volume, the Ljubljana City Library (MKL) officially charges 0.10 € per black-and-white A4 page and 0.20 € in colour; selected post offices print from a USB stick. And if you also need somewhere to work, a 20 € coworking day pass at makerSP_CE includes unlimited colour and black-and-white laser printing with the desk.
That last option is the “free” one in the title: the printing itself costs nothing, the desk costs 20 €. One page? Use a copy shop. Fifty colour slides plus a place to rebuild the deck before tomorrow’s meeting? The pass wins on arithmetic alone. Here is the whole map, with prices where they are official and honesty where they are not — the kind of logistics that make or break a business trip to Ljubljana.
Copy shops in and near the centre
Ljubljana still has proper fotokopirnice — copy shops that will print, copy, and usually bind while you wait. Names to look for in and around the centre:
- Zebra Fotokopirnica – Gosposka ulica 4, in the centre.
- Fotokopirnica Ljubljana center – Gosposvetska 2.
- Copis and Kopirnica Kaktus – both established Ljubljana copy shops.
- Kopirnica Drago – another long-standing name.
- Birografika Bori – a larger printing company in the Bežigrad area, doing digital and offset work as well as copying; the sensible choice for big runs.
One honest caveat: these addresses come from business directories rather than a walk past every door, and small shops move and change hours, so check the opening times online or by phone before you cross town. Per-page prices are not published consistently either; expect to ask at the counter. What copy shops do better than anyone else is the fiddly stuff — binding, laminating, odd formats and a person who has seen every possible PDF disaster.
Print documents in Ljubljana for 0.10 € a page: the libraries
The Ljubljana City Library (MKL) has the only city-wide official price list, and it is refreshingly short: A4 black-and-white 0.10 €, A4 colour 0.20 €, A3 black-and-white 0.20 €, A3 colour 0.40 €. The full list is on mklj.si. With branches across the city, there is usually one near wherever you are staying. Printing is a counter-side service in a quiet building; whether staff ask for a member card can vary, so have a moment of patience (an adult membership is 18 € a year if you end up wanting one anyway).
NUK, the National and University Library, also offers printing and copying to its users, but no current per-page price is published online, so treat it as an ask-at-the-counter option — worth it mainly if you are already inside as a member for a study day.
Post offices and hotel receptions
Pošta Slovenije officially offers photocopying (black-and-white and colour), A4 printing from a USB stick and scanning to USB or e-mail at selected post offices. The service is confirmed; the per-page price is not published, so ask at the counter — and check that your branch is one of the participating offices before queueing. For a traveller with files on a stick and no laptop, this is the most bureaucracy-proof option in town.
Hotel receptions remain the classic fix for a single page. Most will print a boarding pass or a booking confirmation for guests as a courtesy — ask politely, have the PDF ready in an e-mail, and do not turn up with a 60-page deposition. If you are printing your pass on the way out of town, do it the evening before; our airport arrival playbook explains why mornings are tighter than they look.
The coworking option: a desk plus unlimited printing for 20 €
At makerSP_CE (Pivovarniška ulica 6, one minute from Tivoli Park) printing is not a service, it is furniture: a colour and black-and-white laser printer that members and day visitors use without limits and without charges. A 20 € day pass buys the whole working day around it — an equipped desk, an external monitor on loan, wired internet, a 12 m² call room, a kitchen with coffee and snacks, and free parking 50 m from the door. Everything included in the price is listed here.
Two practical notes. First, print from your laptop — bring the files as PDFs, or e-mail them to yourself as a fallback. Second, the space is small (18 desks) and often full, so call +386 30 393 405 before you come. If you are choosing between working spots more generally, our guide for visitors compares cafés, libraries and coworking in one table.
Four common printing scenarios, solved
| Scenario | Best option | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Boarding pass (1 page) | Hotel reception or copy shop | Done in minutes; usually a courtesy at hotels |
| Contract to print and sign | Coworking or copy shop | Print, sign, then scan with a phone app to return it |
| A3 poster or handouts | MKL library or copy shop | Official A3 prices at MKL (0.20/0.40 €); shops handle formats |
| Thesis or 100+ page run | Copy shop or Birografika Bori | Volume pricing, binding, offset for big runs |
The contract scenario deserves one extra sentence: nobody in 2026 needs a fax. Print the pages, sign them, photograph or scan them with your phone’s document mode, and send the PDF back — then keep the paper original for whoever insisted on ink.
Practical tips before you hit print
1. Make it a PDF. Word files reflow on other people’s computers; PDFs do not. Export before you leave the apartment. 2. Carry it twice. Laptop plus a USB stick, or laptop plus an e-mail to yourself. Counters that print from USB will not always take a phone cable. 3. Mind the paper size. Europe prints on A4, not US Letter. Set the page size to A4 before exporting or your margins will wander. 4. Batch your week. If you know Thursday brings handouts, print them on Tuesday from a desk with an unlimited printer instead of hunting a copy shop at 8 a.m. 5. Ask before assuming colour. Some counters quote black-and-white by default; colour can cost double or more, so say what you need up front.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I print a boarding pass in Ljubljana?
The fastest options are your hotel reception (most print a page for guests as a courtesy), a city-centre copy shop such as Zebra Fotokopirnica at Gosposka ulica 4, or a selected post office that prints from USB. If you are spending the day working anyway, a makerSP_CE day pass includes unlimited printing with the desk.
How much does printing cost at Ljubljana libraries?
The Ljubljana City Library (MKL) charges official prices: 0.10 € per A4 black-and-white page, 0.20 € for A4 colour, and 0.20 € or 0.40 € for A3. NUK also offers printing, but its current per-page price is not published online, so ask at the counter. Library printing suits small, quiet jobs during opening hours.
Can I print documents at a post office in Ljubljana?
Yes, at selected branches. Pošta Slovenije officially offers black-and-white and colour photocopying, A4 printing from a USB stick, and scanning to USB or e-mail. The per-page price is not published online, so ask at the counter, and check in advance that your nearest branch offers the service.
Is there anywhere with genuinely unlimited printing in Ljubljana?
Yes. At makerSP_CE, unlimited colour and black-and-white laser printing is included for members and day visitors — the printing is free, the desk costs 20 € a day. For anything beyond a handful of pages, that beats paying per page, and you get a workspace, monitor, call room and free parking with it.
Where should I print a thesis or a large colour run?
Go to a specialist: a copy shop for binding and mid-sized runs, or Birografika Bori in the Bežigrad area for larger digital and offset jobs. Call ahead with your page count, paper wishes and deadline. Libraries are cheap per page but are not set up for hundreds of bound copies.
Final thoughts
Printing in Ljubljana is a solved problem as long as you match the tool to the job: copy shops for speed and binding, MKL for the cheapest official per-page prices, post offices for USB-stick simplicity, hotels for that one urgent page.
And if the printing comes attached to a working day — slides, contracts, handouts and a call in between — skip the errands entirely: a 20 € day pass with unlimited printing is on the price list.
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Book your desk at makerSP_CE
makerSP_CE coworking, Pivovarniška ulica 6, Ljubljana — right next to Tivoli Park. Day pass 20 €, week 70 €, month 135 €. 24/7 access, free parking 50 m from the door, meeting room and call room included.
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