[Koha] Label printing and bug 2691

[Nora Blake]

Hi Sharon and Diana.

We have run into the spacing problem you describe here and we've
developed a workaround.  It takes a few steps, but it is a workaround
until the bug is fixed.

We've created a report for the libraries that want to use the
workaround.  The report generates a list of titles and call number of
items sorted by accession date.

The libraries download the spreadsheet for the report, they modify the
spreadsheet to get the call numbers to format correctly.  Then they pull
the call number data into MS Word via mail merge to get a sheet of
printable labels.

We have some instructions written up about this.  I'd be happy to share
the SQL and the instructions we have written up.

Let me know if you would like it.

NORA
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-----Original Message-----
From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
[mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Sharon Moreland
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:28 PM
To: koha
Subject: [Koha] Label printing and bug 2691

According to a thread from a couple of weeks ago, some of you are able  
to use the label printing features of Koha.  A question:

1. Have you run into issues related to the call number on a spine  
label splitting at the ANY punctuation?  (Bug 2691):

YA
133.42
Black

printing as:

YA
133
42
Black

or

LP
F
Rowling, J.K.

printing as:

LP
F
Rowling
J
K

while sometimes Dewey prints fine, for example:

823.9
WAT

or
133.43
ROL

I had another question, but now I can't remember what it was.

Attached is the PDF created with the wonky spine labels.

Sharon Moreland
NExpress Shared Catalog
Northeast Kansas Library System