Is there any way to include the library name in the barcodes? If I use the home branch or holding branch, but that only prints the 4-character code we use for those. Or is there a way to have it print any text you want and we could just add our library name that way? -- Tim McMahon Technical Services West Liberty Public Library 400 N. Spencer St. West Liberty, IA 52776 Phone: 319-627-2084 Fax: 319-627-2135 tmcmahon@wlpl.org http://www.wlpl.org
As the most flexible catch-all solution, you can use the CSV output and an external barcode generator of your choice. Or open the file with a given PDF editor. Current versions of Koha can define a layout including data from any field in the biblio or items tables, but do not appear to get the library description. That seems like a reasonably easy-to-add enhancement. --Joe Atzberger On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Tim McMahon <tmcmahon@wlpl.org> wrote:
Is there any way to include the library name in the barcodes? If I use the home branch or holding branch, but that only prints the 4-character code we use for those. Or is there a way to have it print any text you want and we could just add our library name that way?
-- Tim McMahon Technical Services West Liberty Public Library 400 N. Spencer St. West Liberty, IA 52776 Phone: 319-627-2084 Fax: 319-627-2135 tmcmahon@wlpl.org http://www.wlpl.org
The second input method, where you list values to print, offers more flexibility, including adding static text strings. You can get your library's branchcode using the homebranch descriptor. It will also accept a single-quoted string for static text. example: label definition: title, homebranch, 'West Liberty' should give: Book Title WLPL West Liberty I do think there is a bug in 3.0RC1 with the 'List Values' entry method, according to my testing yesterday, so you may hit some snags in using that entry method in conjunction with CSV output. But the functionality is there. HTH Ryan On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Joe Atzberger <ohiocore@gmail.com> wrote:
As the most flexible catch-all solution, you can use the CSV output and an external barcode generator of your choice. Or open the file with a given PDF editor.
Current versions of Koha can define a layout including data from any field in the biblio or items tables, but do not appear to get the library description. That seems like a reasonably easy-to-add enhancement.
--Joe Atzberger
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Tim McMahon <tmcmahon@wlpl.org> wrote:
Is there any way to include the library name in the barcodes? If I use the home branch or holding branch, but that only prints the 4-character code we use for those. Or is there a way to have it print any text you want and we could just add our library name that way?
-- Tim McMahon Technical Services West Liberty Public Library 400 N. Spencer St. West Liberty, IA 52776 Phone: 319-627-2084 Fax: 319-627-2135 tmcmahon@wlpl.org http://www.wlpl.org
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Thanks. I didn't know about the single-quoted text. Now I need to get the formatting to work. barcode/biblio prints the text too low and it writes over the barcode and biblio/barcode makes the barcode too short on the y-axis. It makes plenty of room for text, but I'd rather have a bigger target for the barcode reader. Ryan Higgins wrote:
The second input method, where you list values to print, offers more flexibility, including adding static text strings. You can get your library's branchcode using the homebranch descriptor. It will also accept a single-quoted string for static text. example:
label definition: title, homebranch, 'West Liberty'
should give: Book Title WLPL West Liberty
I do think there is a bug in 3.0RC1 with the 'List Values' entry method, according to my testing yesterday, so you may hit some snags in using that entry method in conjunction with CSV output. But the functionality is there.
HTH
Ryan
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Joe Atzberger <ohiocore@gmail.com <mailto:ohiocore@gmail.com>> wrote:
As the most flexible catch-all solution, you can use the CSV output and an external barcode generator of your choice. Or open the file with a given PDF editor.
Current versions of Koha can define a layout including data from any field in the biblio or items tables, but do not appear to get the library description. That seems like a reasonably easy-to-add enhancement.
--Joe Atzberger
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Tim McMahon <tmcmahon@wlpl.org <mailto:tmcmahon@wlpl.org>> wrote:
Is there any way to include the library name in the barcodes? If I use the home branch or holding branch, but that only prints the 4-character code we use for those. Or is there a way to have it print any text you want and we could just add our library name that way?
-- Tim McMahon Technical Services West Liberty Public Library 400 N. Spencer St. West Liberty, IA 52776 Phone: 319-627-2084 Fax: 319-627-2135 tmcmahon@wlpl.org <mailto:tmcmahon@wlpl.org> http://www.wlpl.org
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-- Ryan Higgins
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