Hello, We're a Senior High School considering Koha as our ILS. Are we able to use pre-printed barcodes from someone like Leigh Mardon, or do we have to print our own. Also, are all barcode readers created equal in the Koha world, or are some more equal than others? -- Hei konā mai, Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School.
2008/12/4 Mark Osborne <mosborne@ashs.school.nz>
Hello, We're a Senior High School considering Koha as our ILS. Are we able to use pre-printed barcodes from someone like Leigh Mardon, or do we have to print our own. Also, are all barcode readers created equal in the Koha world, or are some more equal than others?
-- Hei konā mai,
Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School.
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There is one quick test you can do with any barcode scanner to see if it'll work with Koha. Open up notepad, scan a barcode, and see if the barcode appears. If not, and the drivers (if any) for the scanner are installed, it won't work with Koha. It's that simple. Note that almost any modern barcode scanner that plugs in through a USB or PS/2 (standard keyboard) port will act this way. The library I also work for uses the Metrologic MS-9540 handheld scanner, with no problems to date. As far as barcode labels go, you can use preprinted barcodes or print your own. Koha has a fairly good barcode printing module, but preprinted barcodes are cheap enough and much simpler to work with. Note: it' s good if the scanner creates a new line in Notepad after the barcode as well; if this happens, the checkout will be submitted when you scan, and your circ staff won't have to click checkout after scanning the barcode. (This would be in the features list of the scanner, or easy to find out from the vendor.) -- Jesse Weaver Software Developer, LibLime
Hi Mark Yes you can use Leigh Mardon codes, or the like. And all scanners are not created equal - you get what you pay for. They pretty much all do the job. The dearer ones do it better, longer (and possibly faster, in that you don't have to scan twice because it didn't catch the number the first time) Cheers Rosalie Mark Osborne wrote:
Hello, We're a Senior High School considering Koha as our ILS. Are we able to use pre-printed barcodes from someone like Leigh Mardon, or do we have to print our own. Also, are all barcode readers created equal in the Koha world, or are some more equal than others?
-- Hei kona- mai,
Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi, Mark- We use pre-printed 13 digit barcodes from ID Label. They cost us about 2.8 cents apiece. For barcode scanners we have had good luck with the 3800G kit from SSE Technologies (http://www.ssetechnologies.com/). They cost about $175, but I can't speak to their longevity because we haven't used them that long. Diana On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Rosalie Blake <rosalie@library.org.nz> wrote:
Hi Mark Yes you can use Leigh Mardon codes, or the like. And all scanners are not created equal - you get what you pay for. They pretty much all do the job. The dearer ones do it better, longer (and possibly faster, in that you don't have to scan twice because it didn't catch the number the first time) Cheers Rosalie
Mark Osborne wrote:
Hello, We're a Senior High School considering Koha as our ILS. Are we able to use pre-printed barcodes from someone like Leigh Mardon, or do we have to print our own. Also, are all barcode readers created equal in the Koha world, or are some more equal than others?
-- Hei kona- mai,
Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Diana Weaver Northeast Kansas Library System 4317 W. 6th Lawrence, KS 66049 (785) 838-4090 Fax (785) 838-3989 dweaver@nekls.org
We have two Metrologic MS9500 Voyager barcode scanners (one in each library) that we have been using for about three years. They work well, and we've been pleased. -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Diana Weaver Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:17 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes and scanners Hi, Mark- We use pre-printed 13 digit barcodes from ID Label. They cost us about 2.8 cents apiece. For barcode scanners we have had good luck with the 3800G kit from SSE Technologies (http://www.ssetechnologies.com/). They cost about $175, but I can't speak to their longevity because we haven't used them that long. Diana On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Rosalie Blake <rosalie@library.org.nz> wrote:
Hi Mark Yes you can use Leigh Mardon codes, or the like. And all scanners are not created equal - you get what you pay for. They pretty much all do the job. The dearer ones do it better, longer (and possibly faster, in that you don't have to scan twice because it didn't catch the number the first time) Cheers Rosalie
Mark Osborne wrote:
Hello, We're a Senior High School considering Koha as our ILS. Are we able to use pre-printed barcodes from someone like Leigh Mardon, or do we have to print our own. Also, are all barcode readers created equal in the Koha world, or are some more equal than others?
-- Hei kona- mai,
Mark Osborne Deputy Principal, Albany Senior High School. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Diana Weaver Northeast Kansas Library System 4317 W. 6th Lawrence, KS 66049 (785) 838-4090 Fax (785) 838-3989 dweaver@nekls.org _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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