[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] self-check receipt config?

[Ben Shum]

Hi Tony,

For clarification, are you speaking about an actual selfcheck
appliance by a specific vendor?  Or are you using the Evergreen web
selfcheckout interface via some sort of dedicated browser on a
machine?

If the latter, the Evergreen web selfcheckout's printing might rely
mainly on the browser's configuration actually.  For our libs who use
web selfcheck, we generally recommended using OpenKiosk
(http://openkiosk.mozdevgroup.com/) and what we've found is that in
certain cases with receipt printers, we had to manually tweak the
OpenKiosk configuration files to apply certain printer settings.  As a
variant browser based of Mozilla Firefox, what I found is that I could
compare configuration file prefs.js from Firefox's appdata directory
to OpenKiosk's.  So I experimented by configuring Firefox to print the
way I wanted to, then copied over printer_* related lines from that
prefs.js over to OpenKiosk's prefs.js file.

I do not have this information readily available to share, but there
might be further information to be found online in other forums.

Also, for the lists and general information, the wiki link that Tony
found is to an older selfcheck interface that will soon be removed (it
is already deprecated and not supported).  See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1312297 for notes on
removal.  That wiki page should probably be deleted at some point.  Or
updated to reflect the newer tt2 based selfcheck.

-- Ben

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Tony Bandy <tonyb at ohionet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been working with one of our libraries on the self-checkout and we’re
> running into issues configuring the receipt printer.  .  A regular 8.5 x 11
> personal laser prints things out on a single sheet pretty well, but using a
> label/receipt paper printer, there’s an excessive amount of feed.  The
> library was able to solve this issue with their regular staff-client
> workstations (using the same printers) by making changes in the printer
> settings editor.  However, with the self-check, I’m thinking this is not an
> option?
>
>
>
> I’ve checked the documentation, some of the links mentioned here,
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=scratchpad:simple_self_check,
> and a few other places, but can’t seem to find anything too specific….maybe
> I’m overlooking stuff.  I also need to go back and take another run at the
> printer config as well, but wanted to ask around first to see about software
> changes.
>
>
>
> If you have any links or other information, would you mind to share?
>
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>
> Appreciate it!
>
>
>
> --Tony
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> Tony Bandy
>
> tonyb at ohionet.org
>
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-- 
Benjamin Shum
Evergreen Systems Manager
Bibliomation, Inc.
24 Wooster Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
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