how about user defined code in CSV format? i.e. the actual barcode #, and text to be read below it... in this specific situation the librarian(a volunteer) buys books from where-ever...she already has barcodes numbered up to 27000, and would like to continue from 27001 - ABCDE... I don't believe she uses the 'acquisitions' section of Koha when she buys new books as she gets them wherever she can. So, it would be great if I could specify the code-29(IRCC) starting at 27001 up to say 33000, with the name of the school printed under the barcode as is her current format. I tried kbarcode yesterday, but to no avail. --Huck Ryan Higgins wrote:
A fifth option for output will be available for the 3.0 release: csv output. This will just export the data to a text/csv file which can readily be opened by a 3rd party label printing application like kbarcode or glabels. Also, a more generalized data selection is available, wherein you may specify any MARC field to include in the output instead of being limited to the eight-or-so predefined selections. This should be available very shortly, either in the next beta release or the 3.0 general release whichever comes first.
Regards,
Ryan
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 4:55 AM, Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Huck <dhuckaby@paasda.org> wrote:
btw just an FYI on the Koha 3.0 beta(release as of 1 week ago today), there is no 'help' in the documentation on the barcode generation page.
There is a screen help link found on the cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-home.pl page. It could use some help, though. Basically there are three or four steps: 1. Define/Select a template, 2. Define/Select a layout, 3. Create a batch and add items to it, 4. Generate a pdf for that batch, and finally, 5. Print the pdf on your labels. There are currently four different label styles available: 1. Bib info/Barcode, 2. Barcode/Bib info, 3. Barcode, 4. Spine. These are hard coded at present. If someone would like a different style, they can submit a feature request.
I am working on some further changes and improvements, (including a more complete patron card tool) but these will not be available until probably 3.2 or so.
Kind regards,
Chris
-- Christopher Nighswonger Faculty Member Network & Systems Director Foundations Bible College & Seminary www.foundations.edu www.fbcradio.org
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