here is the process I've come up with....


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Barcodes & labels

Free barcode 39 font    http://www.squaregear.net/fonts/free3of9.shtml

Free (for non-profit and edu) label making/design software http://www.idautomation.com/labelsoftware/free/

 

On the server use MySQLAdmin (GUI) > Query Browser > select (double click) on “items” (the query should pop-up in the query window) (SELECT * FROM items I;)

use a multi-table MySQL query to pull all of the data from both the biblio and items tables into a single “outputable” table, then export to CSV.

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread22066.html

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=377068&seqNum=7

 

the SQL query :

SELECT biblio.biblionumber, biblio.title, items.barcode, items.itemcallnumber FROM biblio, items WHERE biblio.biblionumber = items.biblionumber;

 

Will produce (in my case) a CSV like

biblionumber

title

barcode

itemcallnumber

1

Novell's ZENworks administrator's handbook /

1

 

2

The New York Public Library desk reference.

30525

031 new

3

Picture perfect /

36003

FIC PIC

6

Just listen :

30431

FIC DES

5

The lovely bones :

30319

FIC SEB

8

Unexplained /

109541

001.94 ALL

9

Whatever happened to Janie? /

109542

 

10

The bad beginning /

50000

F SNI

11

The field guide /

50003

F DIT

12

The clique :

109528

F HAR

(note: As you get into larger and larger biblionumbers you may want to add a > to the query:

SELECT biblio.biblionumber, biblio.title, items.barcode, items.itemcallnumber FROM biblio, items WHERE biblio.biblionumber>4 = items.biblionumber;

The >4 causes the query to only show rows where the biblionumber is (greater than)> 4)

 
>From this point, it’s just a few quick steps to have the CSV ready to print labels.

1. Delete the biblionumber column.

2. Add a column for our School name

3. Install the free barcode 39 font (unzip and drag the 2 font files to your c:\windows\fonts folder)

4. Create your labels with the label making/design software

5. Link your CSV to the label software and……print labels.

6. or……Purchase a Brother QL-500 (comes with it’s own software that works almost exactly like the free stuff)



Rob Weir wrote:
Hi Mitali,
The barcode support in koha 2.2.9 is not great. It would probably be better to use a separate application to print your barcode labels, or purchase pre-printed labels.

Here are a couple links for free or low-cost barcode solutions for the windows platform:
http://barcode4j.sourceforge.net  (java based)
http://www.idautomation.com/labelsoftware/free/
http://www.protonbarcode.com/

You can also find a variety of free barcode fonts for windows that can be used for labels. I have collected quite a few of these. Contact me off-list if you are interested.

Rob


Mitali Phatarpekar wrote:
Could anyone guide me through generation of barcodes using Koha 2.2.9-Windows version.
 
Mitali

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