On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:25:35PM +0100, Martin Longo said:
Hi there all!
I need some guidance about printing circulation slips with Koha...
Id need Koha to print a slip every time an item is issued... and, more important for our borrowers, every time an item is returned...
Is there anybody printing such slips?
Yep there is, HLT do it.
How must I configure my Koha server so the clients could choose a printer locally connected to them?
Right, by clients you mean librarians? Im assuming so, and my answers below will take into account that assumption.
I've already created one default Printer (lpr) and turned on printing on system preferences....
and now... what?
For 1.2.x Koha, and I hope this is still the case for 2.0.x and 2.2.x but I havent fully checked. You can set up as many printers as you like. For example at HLT we have select * from printers; +----------------+------------+-----------+ | printername | printqueue | printtype | +----------------+------------+-----------+ | Shannon Issues | shanlp | docket | | Levin Issues | leviss | docket | | Levin Returns | levret | docket | | Foxton Issue | foxlp | docket | | No Printer | nulllp | | | Laser Printer | lp | | +----------------+------------+-----------+ Now for 1.2 when you go to issue or return items you get to set the branch and printer you are issuing/returning from/to. Koha then prints slips to that printer. Eg if I set my printer to Levin Issues, then koha is going to use the leviss printqueue to send stuff to be printed. I will eyeball the code in 2.2 and make sure printing still works. Chris -- Chris Cormack Programmer 027 4500 789 Katipo Communications Ltd chris@katipo.co.nz www.katipo.co.nz