[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing - Circulation Sets

[Donald Butterworth]

Josh,

For our label supplies we have use the Barcode Factory
<http://www.barcodefactory.com/> (Paragon Print Systems, Inc.) for many
years. They sell all kinds of printers, including Zebra, so I'm quite sure
they could easily supply you with matching labels.

At ATS, we actually had them create a "die" which is used to cut generic
label stock to our exact specification whenever we place an order. There is
a one time cost to create the die, but the price of the stock is on the low
side. We typically print more that 10,000 labels a year, so it didn't take
very long to justify the cost of the die. You may want to explore this
option.

Asbury University, hasn't gotten back to me yet on where they get their
supplies, but when they do I will add it to this thread.

Happy printing,

Don




On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Josh Stompro <stomproj at exchange.larl.org>
wrote:

> Thanks Don, could you share what specific media/label stock you use with
> the Zebra TLP 2844 and your supplier for that media.
>
> Thanks
>
> Josh
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> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Donald
> Butterworth
> *Sent:* Monday, October 12, 2015 9:09 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
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> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing -
> Circulation Sets
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> The folks at Asbury University have had success with a Zebra TLP 2844. It
> uses Thermal Transfer ribbon and prints spine+pocket labels on a role. Cost
> is between $300 and $400.
>
> At Asbury Seminary we have been using an old Cub thermal transfer printer.
> We use it to print spine+pocket, and barcode labels. When it dies we will
> likely go with a Zebra like the University.
>
> We are sold on printers that use thermal transfer ribbons. The print is
> very clear and fade resistant.
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>
> Don
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Scott Thomas <scott at albright.org> wrote:
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> Hi Josh,
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>
> When we migrated from Sirsidynix Symphony earlier in the year, one of our
> biggest challenges was label printing because we also print spine and
> pocket labels. The only solution we found was to use TSC TTP-247 thermal
> printers. When processing materials, we scan them into Item Status and dump
> Item Status to a .csv and import it into Bartender. We can print from
> there. We do not use the native Evergreen label printing utility. It was
> hard to set up, but, now that we have it all documented, it works well.
> Please let me know if you need additional information.
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> Scott
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> Scott  Thomas, MLS
>
> Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services
>
> Scranton Public Library
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> Lackawanna County Library System
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> 2006 N. Main Ave.
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> Scranton, PA 18508
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> Ph: 570-207-2379
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> Fx: 570-348-3020
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> Email: scott at albright.org
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> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Elisabeth
> Keppler
> *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2015 5:11 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group <
> open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing -
> Circulation Sets
>
>
>
> Forsyth County (NC) uses the Dymo LabelWriter 450 series.  The printers
> are as little as $100 each from some vendors and the labels are available
> from many sources for pretty low prices.  It is a thermal solution, but you
> don't have to worry about wasting labels on sheets that aren't full and
> there's no ink or toner to buy.  Dymo makes a Twin version of the printer
> that lets you have two rolls working at once.  It's more expensive (up to
> $200) and we use pocket labels very rarely, so I don't think we bought any
> of that model.  We just switch out the rolls as needed.  I can't promise
> this would be the perfect solution for spine and pocket sets, but the more
> options you have, the better.
>
>
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
> Lise
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> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Josh Stompro <stomproj at exchange.larl.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hello, we are currently using Demco 1491670 (1 1/4” x 1” Spine + 2 5/8” x
> 1 ¼” Pocket labels, 16 to a sheet) printed on a laser printer.
>
>
>
> I’ve seen the question asked a few times about what others are using to
> print the Spine+pocket labels but I haven’t seen any responses.  I’m hot
> having luck finding thermal printer stock for spine+pocket labels, which
> may also be called circulation sets.  We would be open to moving to
> thermal, but I haven’t found the stock we might need yet.  And I really
> don’t want one of the thermal printers that costs 2-4K$
>
>
>
> The https://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/professional/labels/ site
> looked promising, but the PDF library it uses doesn’t seem to support
> columns of different sizes.  The ezColumnStart function just takes the
> number of columns and the space between them.  Maybe that isn’t a huge deal
> if I treat the spine + pocket as one label and just have two columns.
>
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> Is there any hope for non dot matrix printing of Spine + Pocket sets?
>
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>
> Thanks
>
> Josh
>
>
>
> Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
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> --
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> Lise Keppler, Technical Services
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> Forsyth County Public Library
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> 2851 Fairlawn Dr
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> Winston Salem NC  27106
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> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>



-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
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