[Koha] Label Printing

[Jeffrey LePage]

There is a patch for this feature (http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=commit;h=990e315471c8c7995985ba9588f6dfc49ef37211), but I was unable to get this to work.  Maybe someone else had better luck?

I was able to create a batch on the backend, via mysql.  The relevant table is 'labels'.  However, I hardly think that this is a solution, and I certainly wouldn't recommend it unless you know what you're doing.

Another solution I'm looking into is to ignore Koha's label facility and instead use kbarcode.  Kbarcode is a KDE application that can connect to a mysql database and create a variety of labels.  Beware: there seems to be some sort of bug that causes kbarcode to crash when libpostscriptbarcode is installed.  I havn't had a chance to attempt this fix yet, so I can't guarantee results.  The solution is supposedly to de-install libpostscriptbarcode.  The basic problem is that there are two xml files:
1) /usr/share/libpostscriptbarcode/rules.xml
2) /usr/share/apps/kbarcode/rules.xml
... and you must have only the 2nd file (/usr/share/apps/kbarcode/rules.xml).





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--- On Mon, 1/19/09, Bill Graham <grahamcw at hurleybulldogs.com> wrote:

> From: Bill Graham <grahamcw at hurleybulldogs.com>
> Subject: [Koha] Label Printing
> To: "list, koha" <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 12:50 PM
> Hello
> 
> We are starting to use Koha to replace a very old DOS based
> catalog. We are entering all inventory as we weed the
> library. We are to the point that we would like to start
> printing labels - both spine and barcode.
> The problem is there doesn't seem to be a way to select
> large groups of items. The 3.01 Documentation shows
> selection criterea that would allow large batches to be
> built. But the current version does not have this
> implemented. Is that correct ?
> If that is the case - what are you users doing to produce
> these labels ?
> 
> thanks
> --Bill Graham
> Systems Administrator
> Viborg Public Library
> Viborg,SD 57070
> 
> 
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