Hello, I've been testing Koha in a clean room with Metrologic scanners. MS9540 and its earlier MS900 brother. These scanners do not require drivers, they scan and convert by themselves. The scanner is physically connected between the keyboard and pc. The Metrologic scanners are expensive, because they perform the scan conversion within themselves and require no drivers on the PC side. This simplifies setup. Also, you can program them with their instruction book using barcodes. <http://www.metrologic.com/corporate/products/pos/MS9500.htm> <http://www.metrologic.com/corporate/products/pos/MS900.htm> Did try the CUECAT which was available free from Radio Shack in the USA, but that device was unreliable. Frederick Friedman-Romell Twinsburg Public Library, Twinsburg, OH. USA till 2001-10-28 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. USA after 2001-10-29 ak398@safr.org

hi all,

I want to buy a couple of "barcode scanners" for the library. I saw koha is accepting 9 column alphanumeric barcodes both for books and patrons. I wonder what kind of barcode scanners are using in the libraries using KOHA. Could you please list me industry standards or properties of this barcode scanners. I will order barcode scanners according to these information.

thanks and best regards Zeki Celikbas Librarian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Istanbul Technical University e:mailto:celikbas@itu.edu.tr Faculty of Aero. & Astro. w:http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~celikbas 80626 Maslak Istanbul Turkey t:(212)2853108 f: (212)2853139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Yah! Its trite and stupid, but isn't that what a sig for?