[Evergreen-circ] Printing barcodes on recipts from Webby.

[Jason Boyer]

Hi Evan, that should most likely still work and here are a few things you can try:

Re-type (don’t copy and paste) that line in your receipts. It’s possible that the email is having its quotes messed with at some point and that may break things if so.

Depending on the default font size, it’s possible that 200% is too big or small. Try things like 100%, 150%, or 250% to see if any of those help.

Put the {{patron.card.barcode}} tag somewhere else in the receipt where it will also appear as regular numbers to make sure it looks as expected. If there’s a problem with the syntax or a barcode has characters that 3 of 9 doesn’t support that will prevent the scanner from reading it correctly. (Though I’d expect there to be no barcode at all or one that is very short in that case so that wouldn’t be terribly mysterious.)

Verify that the barcode scanner is setup to actually read 3 of 9, if your item barcode labels aren’t 3 of 9 it’s possible that the scanner is configured to only read item / card barcodes. The way to do this is likely by scanning various setup barcodes in the scanner’s manual.

Jason

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> On Sep 8, 2021, at 3:41 PM, Computer Services via Evergreen-circ <evergreen-circ at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> This is Evan from the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library. Previously, I inquired about printing barcodes on hold shelf slips from Webby. Michele was able to provide an amazing solution that worked for us quite well until nature zapped our tower we were using for this. Some time has passed and when I attempted to recreate the ability to print barcodes through Hatch using the code below and the Free 3 of 9 Extended font on a new tower the barcodes were not recognized by a reader. 
> 
> <div style="font-family: 'Free 3 of 9 Extended';font-size:200%">*{{patron.card.barcode}}* </div> 
> 
> My question is, should this still work, or do I need to make modifications to this procedure to get this working again?
> 
> Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
> 
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:13 PM Computer Services <computerservices at poplarbluff.org <mailto:computerservices at poplarbluff.org>> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is Evan from the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library. I was wondering if there is a way to print barcodes onto hold slips when printed from the browser-based Webby client. We are using a locker system from Bibliotheca and are trying to streamline this process. Currently, we are using an online barcode generator and copying and pasting the patron ID needed so we can get a barcode for the scanner on the lockers. While we can manually type a patron's ID while using the lockers, using a barcode greatly reduces the chance of a number error during entry.
> 
> If anybody has any thoughts on this or a possible solution please let me know.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
> 
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