[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Printing in Evergreen

[Christine Campbell]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 12:49:06PM -0700, Christine Campbell wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > No problem, Christine. I should also note in reply to one of your other
> > > messages that we were originally on something close to 1.6 (before 1.6
> > > was actually released), so I can confirm that the Dymos worked there,
> > > too. I believe that the library settings for font family, size, etc
> were
> > > introduced in the 2.0 release, so hopefully you'll find them there.
> > >
> >
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > I had a look at changing font type in Admin/Local Administration/Printer
> > Settings Editor, but I could not find a way to change it. We are using
> > 2.0.10, but I'd assume that it should still work. I think we are still
>
> First up, 2.0.x is no longer officially supported by the community, so
> that's a big caveat.
>

Absolutely. I remain hopeful, though!

>
> > going to go ahead with testing a Dymo 450 based on the information shared
> > here and a bit of assessing it outside the list. It looks like we can
> > probably set the font for the printer, but it would be a lot better for
> our
> > needs if we could print in Arial straight from Evergreen.
>
> The library settings are definitely there in 2.0, though; you're looking
> for "Cataloging: Spine and pocket label font family" in particular.
>

This is very helpful, Dan. Specificity is a beautiful thing.

>
> > Can anyone confirm whether they've managed to change font type in
> > particular in Evergreen itself?
>
> I'll gamely say that yes, we have managed to change font type in
> particular in Evergreen itself, using only the library settings in Admin
> -> Local Administration -> Library Settings Editor. No more hardcoded
> style sheets for us.
>
> However, as I mentioned in my previous post, the default font type is
> set to "monospace" at the consortial level, and that seems to override
> any child library settings (at least in our experience with Evergreen
> 2.3, and there's no going back in time for us to test with 2.0 now). So
> - you may want to either set the font family at the consortial level if
> you want the same setting at all libraries, or delete it at the
> consortial level and enable individual libraries to set their own
> preferences.
>

I spent some time looking into the other pathway with one of our fantastic
library IT staff members, and the experience should help us in further
investigating this. Wish us luck!
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