diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/photocopier.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/photocopier.dm
index 401c745b0f..1608098ce7 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/photocopier.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/photocopier.dm
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@
return
to_chat(user, "You [anchored ? "unwrench" : "wrench"] [src].")
anchored = !anchored
+ else if(istype(O, /obj/item/areaeditor/blueprints))
+ to_chat(user, "The Blueprint is too large to put into the copier. You need to find something else to record the document")
else
return ..()