[Evergreen-general] Printing Barcodes for Library Cards in Evergreen

[Garry Collum]

Yep.  What Shula just said.

As a proof on concept I downloaded and installed the Libre Barcode 39 font from google fonts on my local machine.  I added the following in the address template above the first <div> to point to the local font, and then I changed the font-family in your template from ‘Code-Codabar’ to ‘Libre Barcode39’.  It worked.

<style>
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Libre Barcode39';
    src: local('Libre Barcode 39 Regular');
}
</style>

For those following along.  This is just a proof of concept.   Jessica’s template has the barcode wrapped in a B and D prefix and suffix.  I don’t recall off the top of my head if this is correct for code 39.  I can experiment more once I am back in the office.


From: Shula Link via Evergreen-general<mailto:evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:30 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group<mailto:evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>
Cc: Shula Link<mailto:slink at gchrl.org>; Jess Serrenti<mailto:jserrenti at albright.org>
Subject: Re: [Evergreen-general] Printing Barcodes for Library Cards in Evergreen

Hi!

It looks to me like the issue is there's no barcode font available directly in Evergreen. You'd need to have a font uploaded to call in the style parameter, like "font-family:url('fonts/barcode-font-example.ttf')". The guide you're using is out of date and was for the old software client version of Evergreen where it could call on fonts installed on the workstation.

Hope that helps,

Shula Link (she/her)
Systems Services Librarian
Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library
slink at columbiacountyga.gov<mailto:slink at columbiacountyga.gov> | slink at gchrl.org<mailto:slink at gchrl.org>
706-447-6702


On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:43 AM Jess Serrenti via Evergreen-general <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org<mailto:evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>> wrote:
Hello Everyone,

Has anyone had success in scripting a receipt template so that a patron’s library card number will print as a scannable barcode? My library used to be able to do this for patrons who forgot to bring their physical card and needed to use a computer. However, the receipt only prints the full number anymore For privacy reasons, we don’t want to keep printing the card numbers.

I currently use the Patron Address print template and format it to say the following below. The line highlighted in yellow is where we’d tell the code to print the barcode, but it unfortunately does not work anymore. I did try following this tutorial from the Evergreen Wikipage (https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=scratchpad:barcode_font&s[]=barcode<https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=scratchpad:barcode_font&s%5b%5d=barcode>), but had the same problem.

<!--
Template for printing a patron address. Fields include:

* first_given_name
* second_given_name
* family_name
* address.street1
* address.street2
* address.city
* address.state
* address.post_code

-->
<div>
  <div>
<center>Lackawanna County Library System<br>
<b>Temporary Slip</b><br></center>
<p>
<br>

    {{patron.first_given_name}}
    {{patron.second_given_name}}
    {{patron.family_name}}
<p>
<br>
Library Card Number:  {{patron.card.barcode}}
<br>Barcode: <div style= "font-family: 'Code-Codabar'; font-size: 50px" >B{{patron.card.barcode}}D</div>
<p>
<br>
New:_______ Temporary: _______<br>
New users can use the library computers and are allowed 1 item until they receive cards in the mail.
<p>
<br>
<div>Today's Date:   {{today | date:'M/d/yyyy'}}</div>

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Jessica Serrenti
Head of IT & Digital Services
Scranton Public Library
Lackawanna County Library System
500 Vine Street
Scranton, PA 18509
Phone: (570) 795-4332
Cell: (570) 871-0187
jserrenti at albright.org<mailto:jserrenti at albright.org>

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