[Koha] Barcodes (with name of library)

[Coehoorn, Joel]

It's easier even than that. You can make barcodes with just a special font,
of which there are a number freely available, and a mail merge.

*Joel Coehoorn*
Director of Information Technology
*York University*
Office: 402-363-5603 | jcoehoorn at york.edu | york.edu



On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 2:06 PM RACS IT Department <itdept at racsonline.org>
wrote:

> 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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> > >> Analyste de données et soutien de première ligne
> > >>
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> > >> C  marie-luce.laflamme at inLibro.com
> > >>
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> > >>
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> > Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S. (she/her)
> > Librarian | Product Manager
> >
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