I'm just curious, what couldn't they get working? I used the Twin Turbo at a previous job (as a library clerk). Even though that library wasn't an Evergreen library, I would've expected the TwinTurbo to be just fine...
I remember I did set up 2 printers in Windows for the same physical device - each one defaulting to a different side of the printer. We then set our ILS (not Evergreen) to use the printer for the side of the printer we had the label stock... In our case, I believe we used 7/8" x 1+5/8" labels from a third-party (IE: non-Dymo) manufacturer/supplier... So, even though our ILS did not save the printer settings (which side of the printer we wanted to use), we set up the print driver so it would be "hard-coded" in... One thing I was considering doing there as well was set up half of the Dymo to print receipts - the one station we used for cataloging was occasionally used as a second circ station when we were busy... not frequently enough to justify a $300 receipt printer, though. We never did do this, and I forget why - possibly because of restricted paper width or sticking different sizes/types of receipt paper rolls... But I digress... I'm glad to hear there's been success with the Dymo LabelWriter! --Don On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Daniluk, Judy <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of our libraries are happily using the Dymo 400 Turbo (with > single-column label stock), but one library tried a Dymo 450 TwinTurbo and > was not able to get it to work with Evergreen. > > > > One library is exporting data from Evergreen in csv format and then using > Microsoft Word’s Mail-Merge feature to print multi-column labels. > > > > Judy Daniluk > > Technology Consultant, North Texas Regional Library System > > [email protected] 817-201-6778(cell) > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe > Atzberger > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:30 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Spine Label Printers? > > > > Some libraries have been surprised by the amount of noise a given printer > generates, something not typically listed in catalog or web retail. > Single-label thermal printers tend to be the friendliest in that regard, > and small and quiet enough to fit at most workstations. Great for replacing > damaged labels at the circ or reference station. > > > > I'm not sure about your library's situation, but if they are going to print > in large volumes, you should also consider a laser printer. Thermal > printers can do high quality (i.e., reliably scannable barcodes), but the 51 > labels-per-minute of the Dymo 450 (current version of the 400) is still > about a fifth of that of the HP LaserJet 4050 (8.5ppm @1200dpi x 30 labels > per page = 255 labels-per-minute). To be fair, I should also say that Dymo > makes "turbo" and "dual" versions of their LabelWriter, but they're still > not that fast. > > > > Regarding stock and durability, a combination of standard office-quality > labels and super-adhesive "label protectors" like these seems to be more > effective starting with higher quality adhesive labels on big print runs. > The reason is that the HQ labels tend to be thicker and jam in the printer > more often, and still don't match the protector's grip. The permanence of > the label may not be as important to your libraries as it was to my former > clients (K-12 schools and juvenile prisons), but I thought I'd mention it > anyway. > > > > --Joe > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Amy Terlaga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all— > > What is your library system using to print your spine labels with Evergreen? > > One of our libraries (going live in March) is looking for a low-cost spine > label printer recommendation and we’d like to hear the good (and bad) > experiences out there … > > Thanks! > > Amy
