[Koha] Barcodes (with name of library)

[RACS IT Department]

HI Caroline,

Thank you. That makes sense. I will advise the librarian to print from a
list of items that are already in the system.


In His Service,
Bill Kingsley
Rutland Area Christian School
IT Department Director
itdept at racsonline.org
https://www.racsonline.com




On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:32 AM Caroline Cyr La Rose <
caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> Are you using the "barcode range" option or printing labels from
> existing items? If you are printing barcode ranges, I don't think you
> can put anything else on the labels with Koha right now (see bug
> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12316). If you
> use any layout with bibliographic data and the items don't exist yet, it
> will return an error or an empty file.
>
> There is no good workaround that I know of for that other than using a
> stamp like Heather says in her comment or having the library name
> preprinted on the barcode.
>
> If you want, you can do it the other way around: create your items
> first, and then print the barcode labels.
>
> Regards,
>
> Caroline
>
> P.S.: Koha's name is written Koha, not KOHA as it is not an acronym :)
>
> On 2024-11-14 11:17, RACS IT Department wrote:
> > Thank you Marie-Luce!
> >
> > I did what you said, both ways but KOHA does not like it. It outputs a
> PDF
> > that is 0 kb. If I remove the branchcode and change it to "only the
> barcode
> > is printed' it generates the labels without issue. I also put the branch
> > name in 'xxxx', barcode but it does not like that either. I am not sure
> > what I am doing wrong.
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Bill Kingsley
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 11:15 AM Marie-Luce Laflamme <
> > marie-luce.laflamme at inlibro.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Bill,
> >> You can create a new card layout (Cataloguing > Label creator > New :
> >> Layout), set the layout type = "Bibliographic data precedes barcode" and
> >> add "homebranch" to the data fields.
> >> If your library name is different from your system (Administration >
> >> Libraries > Library name), add free text between single quotes to the
> data
> >> fields (e.g. 'Centrale Library' ).
> >> You will then only need to select this layout when printing your labels.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/cataloging.html#label-layouts
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Marie-Luce
> >> On 2024-11-13 10 h 48, RACS IT Department wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >> It's been a long time since I have posted a question. We are getting
> ready
> >> to print some barcodes for new books. The barcodes that were printed a
> long
> >> time ago have the name of the school with the barcode under it on the
> >> barcode label. I can only print the barcode on the labels so *How do I
> set
> >> it up to print the name of the library with the barcode under it?*
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Bill Kingsley
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