Hi Josh, I am talking about when you print the receipt for a checkout. It will open a print screen and allow the user to change the printer to print the receipt
*Dawn Dale, PINES Services Specialist - Circulation* ------------------------------ Georgia Public Library Service 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30341 (404) 291-2800, [email protected] <https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries> <https://www.twitter.com/georgialibs> <https://www.instagram.com/georgialibraries/> Join our email list <http://georgialibraries.org/subscription> for stories of Georgia libraries making an impact in our communities. On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 5:19 PM Josh Stompro <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John, But that sounds like a lot of setup work to set that up on 50 > staff computers for something that gets used a couple times a year, if at > all. Plus it adds another layer of complexity to troubleshooting issues, > finding out if they are using the offline browser by accident. > > I would absolutely shoot myself in the foot if I setup test system access > like that, you are a brave person :-) > Josh > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 3:41 PM Lolis, John <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Here's a "shotgun approach" suggestion... use two different browsers, one >> for online transactions and one for offline transactions. Simply don't >> have the Hatch extension installed in the one for offline transactions. >> Have one shortcut on the desktop for the browser handling offline >> transactions and one for the browser handling online transactions, each one >> pointing to the respective browser that handles it. Done. >> >> Incidentally, while our consortium requires the use of Chrome for access >> to Evergreen, I have staff using Vivaldi for staff access. It's also >> compatible with Chrome extensions. You may want to consider it. >> >> Btw, I do the same type thing when it comes to our test web server... I >> modify my hosts file so that whiteplainslibrary.org points to our test >> server's address. Then in one browser, I have it set to using no proxy >> which in effect causes it to point to the test web server because of that >> hosts modification. Meanwhile, in my usual browser, I'm using a proxy >> which knows the address of the live web server, and so I can access both >> the test web server and the live one at the same time switching between >> those browsers. >> >> John Lolis >> Coordinator of Computer Systems >> >> 100 Martine Avenue >> White Plains, NY 10601 >> >> tel: 1.914.422.1497 >> fax: 1.914.422.1452 >> >> https://whiteplainslibrary.org/ >> >> *When you think about it, *all* security is ultimately security by >> ignorance.* >> >> >> >> On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 16:18, Josh Stompro <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Terran, I just tried disabling the hatch extension (Right click -> >>> Manage Extension -> Change toggle to off) but that didn't work for me. Is >>> that what you mean? I just get console errors because the Offline >>> interface is still trying to send the print jobs to hatch. >>> >>> We are on 3.2. >>> >>> I don't see how I can get into the workstation settings to uncheck the >>> "Use Hatch" checkbox when I'm offline. /eg/staff/admin/workstation/hatch >>> seems to require authentication to access. >>> >>> I'm trying to figure out how this is going to work for staff that >>> normally use Hatch, but have to use Offline when their internet is down. >>> >>> I did notice that with hatch enabled, the print jobs will get sent to >>> the windows default printer. I'm wondering if that is Hatch's default >>> behavior when it doesn't have access to the printer context info. I'm >>> wondering if the Offline Printer settings are supposed to be stored in the >>> Browser Settings section vs the Workstation settings like they are now? >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 7:19 PM Terran McCanna < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If you temporarily disable Hatch in the browser, it should print >>>> alright. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Terran McCanna >>>> PINES Program Manager >>>> Georgia Public Library Service >>>> 2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 >>>> Atlanta, GA 30341 >>>> 404-235-7138 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 3:19 PM Dana Schwarz < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Our library consortium is upgrading tomorrow and my library system >>>>> will be using the offline check-out during the upgrade. I’ve tested on >>>>> computers with hatch to print a receipt after checking out material >>>>> offline >>>>> but a receipt doesn’t print. I’ve assigned our receipt printer to print in >>>>> offline and saved the changes but nothing happens. Am I missing a step? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for your help, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dana Schwarz >>>>> >>>>> *Technical Services Coordinator* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lincoln Public Library, MFR Branch >>>>> >>>>> 4080 John Charles Blvd. >>>>> >>>>> Vineland, Ont, Canada >>>>> 905.562.5711 >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Josh Stompro - IT Director >>> Lake Agassiz Regional Library >>> Desk: 218-233-3757 Ext 139 >>> Cell: 218-790-2110 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Evergreen-general mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >> > > > -- > Josh Stompro - IT Director > Lake Agassiz Regional Library > Desk: 218-233-3757 Ext 139 > Cell: 218-790-2110 > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >
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