[Koha] Help Finding Id Card Printer for Our School

[Mr Gerhard Bissels]

Hello,

I agree with Brooke, buying a special card printer seems overkill. Using a local print shop sounds like an excellent option; an even cheaper alternative could be just running A4 sheets of business cards through your own printer... A further option are A4 sheets with a peel-off laminated card: you can use the sheet for a welcoming letter and include any PIN or password.

Best

Gerhard

On 10 Sep 2012, at 14:09, BWS Johnson wrote:

> Salvete!
> 
> 
>> Our school has begun to use Koha for the library computer system software and we
>> are also planning to use the Koha patron card creator to make library and
>> student/ staff id cards for our school.  We need to pick out an id card printer
>> from a company like Evolis, Zebra, Fargo or Datacard but dont have much
>> experience in choosing a printer that would work well with Koha.  Does anyone
>> have any suggestion for our school, and does anyone know if it matters what
>> printer we get, will they all work with the patron card creator?  we are a small
>> school and really just need a double sided printer with low print volume but
>> high quality.  
>> any feedback or advise would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
>     Argh, I really try not to do this, buuuuut the first thing I thought of when I read this was that it might be a better idea to take things to the local print shop. I got full colour double sided library cards printed at an extremely affordable cost. Library supply companies are another option, but they tend to charge more than your local print shop would for lesser quality. 
> 
>     It definitely matters what short of printer you get in terms of print quality. Don't forget that the blanks and ink you're using will also affect overall quality. (Heck even ambient humidity will...) 
> 
>     Have you checked with your neighbours to see if there's a consortial resource available to you? I just couldn't help but latch on to your statement that you needed a low volume, which causes my consultant conditioning to reply with "Look out of house!"
> 
> Hope this helped,
> Brooke
> 
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