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

[Donald Butterworth]

A.U. tells me that they have been getting their supplies from Demco. Last
time they ordered the price for Thermal Resin ribbon was about $30 each,
and a roll of 2000 labels was about $80.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine & Pocket label printing -
>> Circulation Sets
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
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>>
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>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Scott Thomas <scott at albright.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Josh,
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> Scott  Thomas, MLS
>>
>> Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services
>>
>> Scranton Public Library
>>
>> Lackawanna County Library System
>>
>> 2006 N. Main Ave.
>>
>> Scranton, PA 18508
>>
>> Ph: 570-207-2379
>>
>> Fx: 570-348-3020
>>
>> Email: scott at albright.org
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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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
>> $200) and we use pocket labels very rarely, so I don't think we bought any
>> of that model.  We just switch out the rolls as needed.  I can't promise
>> this would be the perfect solution for spine and pocket sets, but the more
>> options you have, the better.
>>
>>
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>>
>>
>> Lise
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Josh Stompro <stomproj at exchange.larl.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, we are currently using Demco 1491670 (1 1/4” x 1” Spine + 2 5/8” x
>> 1 ¼” Pocket labels, 16 to a sheet) printed on a laser printer.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve seen the question asked a few times about what others are using to
>> print the Spine+pocket labels but I haven’t seen any responses.  I’m hot
>> having luck finding thermal printer stock for spine+pocket labels, which
>> may also be called circulation sets.  We would be open to moving to
>> thermal, but I haven’t found the stock we might need yet.  And I really
>> don’t want one of the thermal printers that costs 2-4K$
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there any hope for non dot matrix printing of Spine + Pocket sets?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>>
>> Lake Agassiz Regional Library - Moorhead MN larl.org
>>
>> Josh Stompro     | Office 218.233.3757 EXT-139
>>
>> LARL IT Director | Cell 218.790.2110
>>
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>>
>> --
>>
>> Lise Keppler, Technical Services
>>
>> Forsyth County Public Library
>>
>> 2851 Fairlawn Dr
>>
>> Winston Salem NC  27106
>>
>> 336-703-3048
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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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>
> --
> 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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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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