[Koha] Barcode Stripe - Height

Liz Rea liz at catalyst.net.nz
Thu May 1 15:30:45 NZST 2014 

Hi,

All things are possible in Koha if libraries are willing to pay a
developer to write the feature.

Even filing a bug is a good start, you can do that at
http://bugs.koha-community.org.

Cheers,
Liz
On 01/05/14 15:10, Sandeep Bhavsar wrote:
> Dear Sir
> Thank you for your reply and suggestion. Will it be possible for community
> to give the option of increase/decrease the barcode height in system
> preference or in template in future.
>
> SB
> sent from my smartphone @ vodafone
> On Apr 30, 2014 5:58 PM, "Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel" <bgkriegel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I was wrong, font size does not affect barcode height.
>> It's hardcoded in code, 3 lines of C4/Labels/Label.pm
>>
>> my $barcode_y_scale_factor = 0.01 * $self->{'height'};              # this
>> scales the barcode height to 10% of the label height
>>
>> You can increase height modifying slightly the value, for example to
>> 0.015,
>> but as always is not a good idea to change the code, you will have problems
>> to update in the future :(
>>
>> Bernardo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
>> bgkriegel at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Sandeep Bhavsar <
>> sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I have checked by reducing the font size but it does not affect the
>>> barcode height. I want to increase the barcode strip height.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel <
>>> bgkriegel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> barcode size is proportional to label size,
>>>> and height of space on the label not used for callnumber, as in your
>>>> example
>>>>
>>>> You are printing a lot of labels (5 x 13) on A4 page, and using a font
>>>> size of 16 or more for callnumber.
>>>>
>>>> I think that if you need bigger barcodes consider printing a small
>>>> number per page or decreasing font size
>>>> (but that could only affect barcode height, not witdh), or
>>>> edit C4/Labels/Label.pm and change
>>>> barcode width (currently 0.8 of label with)
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bernardo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
>>>> bgkriegel at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Sandeep Bhavsar <
>>>> sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear vishal
>>>>>
>>>>> Please check the below link for our template setting and please guide
>>>>> for
>>>>> increasing the height of barcode.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://dspace.vpmthane.org:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3761/1/Screenshot%20from%202014-04-29%2016%3a33%3a50.png
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:45 PM, vishal patil <vishal.patil at osslabs.biz
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> hi sandeep,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can send me your current settings for template, I will update and
>>>>> send
>>>>>> you back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Sandeep Bhavsar <
>>>>>> sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Vishal
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Will you please send me the settings for that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:57 AM, vishal patil <
>>>>> vishal.patil at osslabs.biz>wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi sandip,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can change your template according to your requirement for
>>>>>>>> increasing size of barcode.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Sandeep Bhavsar <
>>>>>>>> sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Dear Shri Zadgaonkar
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We are using the same barcode scanner, stationary and printer for
>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>> Libsuite (ILS) generated barcode from last 7 years.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM, vikram zadgaonkar <
>>>>>>>>> vikramczadgaonkar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think issue is not size but quality of barcode scanner or
>>>>> quality of
>>>>>>>>>> barcode printing.
>>>>>>>>>> On 29-Apr-2014 10:52 AM, "Sandeep Bhavsar" <
>>>>> sandeep.bhavsar at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Respected All
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please help me in solving the barcode problem, I have generated
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> barcode
>>>>>>>>>>> from koha but the problem is barcode strip is small and our
>>>>> barcode
>>>>>>>>> reader
>>>>>>>>>>> is taking time to read it.
>>>>>>>>>>> How can we increase the height of the barcode strip size.
>>>>>>>>>>> Please check our koha generated barcode file at
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>> http://dspace.vpmthane.org:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3760/1/label_batch_10-4.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> *Regards *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Sandeep Bhavsar*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> B.com, M.Lib.I.Sc SET, M.Phil, American Library Association -
>>>>> FERA
>>>>>>>>> 2011
>>>>>>>>>>> fellow
>>>>>>>>>>> Librarian
>>>>>>>>>>> Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies
>>>>>>>>>>> Thane (W) 400601
>>>>>>>>>>> Mumbai
>>>>>>>>>>> INDIA
>>>>>>>>>>> Mobile : 9987049099
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> www.vpmthane.org
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> *Regards *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Sandeep Bhavsar*
>>>>>>>>> B.com, M.Lib.I.Sc SET, M.Phil, American Library Association -
>>>>> FERA 2011
>>>>>>>>> fellow
>>>>>>>>> Librarian
>>>>>>>>> Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies
>>>>>>>>> Thane (W) 400601
>>>>>>>>> Mumbai
>>>>>>>>> INDIA
>>>>>>>>> Mobile : 9987049099
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> www.vpmthane.org
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Vishal Patil
>>>>>>>> Landline number:02232080161
>>>>>>>> E-Mail:
>>>>>>>> *vishal_wpatil at nucsoft.co.in <vishal_wpatil at nucsoft.co.in> *
>>>>>>>>           *vishal.patil at osslabs.biz <vishal.patil at osslabs.biz>.*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Regards *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Sandeep Bhavsar*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> B.com, M.Lib.I.Sc SET, M.Phil, American Library Association - FERA
>>>>> 2011
>>>>>>> fellow
>>>>>>> Librarian
>>>>>>> Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies
>>>>>>> Thane (W) 400601
>>>>>>> Mumbai
>>>>>>> INDIA
>>>>>>> Mobile : 9987049099
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> www.vpmthane.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Vishal Patil
>>>>>> Landline number:02232080161
>>>>>> E-Mail:
>>>>>> *vishal_wpatil at nucsoft.co.in <vishal_wpatil at nucsoft.co.in> *
>>>>>>           *vishal.patil at osslabs.biz <vishal.patil at osslabs.biz>.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Regards *
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sandeep Bhavsar*
>>>>> B.com, M.Lib.I.Sc SET, M.Phil, American Library Association - FERA 2011
>>>>> fellow
>>>>> Librarian
>>>>> Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies
>>>>> Thane (W) 400601
>>>>> Mumbai
>>>>> INDIA
>>>>> Mobile : 9987049099
>>>>>
>>>>> www.vpmthane.org
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Koha mailing list  http://koha-community.org
>>>>> Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>>>>> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Regards *
>>>
>>> *Sandeep Bhavsar*
>>>
>>> B.com, M.Lib.I.Sc SET, M.Phil, American Library Association - FERA 2011
>>> fellow
>>> Librarian
>>> Dr. V N Bedekar Institute of Management Studies
>>> Thane (W) 400601
>>> Mumbai
>>> INDIA
>>> Mobile : 9987049099
>>>
>>> www.vpmthane.org
>>>
>>>
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