Friday, July 13, 2007

Printing At Branch Circ Desks

It is very awkward to switch between two font sizes in Workflows. The following is a solution to that problem. Thank you to Poulsbo for coming up with this great solution for our printing problem.

Receipt Printer and Branch Accounts

Each day before your branch opens:

On circulation desk terminals only; bring up two Workflow Accounts using your branch login and password.

  • Double click on the work flows Icon on your desktop.
  • Enter your branch login and password.
  • Set the Theme Color to your branch Theme and a 10 point font for the account where you will do everything in Workflows with the exception of processing/checking in holds.

Minimize Workflows and go back to your desktop.

  • Double click on the work flows Icon on your desktop.
  • Enter your branch login and password.
  • Set the Theme Color to Primary Red, and an 18 point font for the account where you will be processing/checking in holds.

To change the Theme (color):

  • Click on Preference
  • Click on Desktop
  • Click on Desktop Setup
  • Click on Themes
  • Select the Color & Click OK

To set the receipt printer to print Patron Check Out receipts in a 10 point or 18 point font size:

  • Click on ‘Preference’ in the Standard Toolbar
  • Click on ‘Peripherals’
  • Click on ‘Receipt Printer’Click on Attributes
  • To change Font size click on the gadget.

Set receipt printer to 10 Verdana to get a 10 point font on the check out receipt. Printer will printer faster in this setting.

When processing shipment HOLDS and on terminals in branch workrooms set receipt printer to 18 Verdana to get an 18 point font to make reading and filing available holds easier.

Printing HOLDS 18 Verdana

Printing Check Out List 10 Verdana

Setting the font size to a 10 point font puts the due date on one line on checkout receipts. This makes for a shorter receipt to hand out.

Always set the 18 point font account in RED, RED will be the color for accounts processing holds throughout the KRL system. Staff who work multiple branches will know which account they are in wherever they are working.

Thank you to everyone for helping to solve these problems.

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