I have templates for OpenOffice.org Calc for printing both material barcodes and spine labels on an ordinary printer. Because we migrated from Winnebago and had leftover spine label stock (6X5 on 8 1/2X11 sheets), that's the format I chose for now. Another library in Indiana has an Excel template for a 5X6 layout (but without the links I use to avoid retyping data already in Evergreen). The procedure is fairly simple: Dump the items needing labels into a copy bucket, pick them up on the clipboard as CSV, and paste into the first page of the spreadsheet. The second page of the spreadsheet links to the data on the first sheet and formats it. I generally try to do enough at a time to avoid running a sheet of 30 labels through the laser printer more than twice but that's a fairly simple workflow issue. Having developed a preference for OpenOffice.org Calc, I haven't tried the templates with Excel but compatibility is generally excellent. I'll be glad to share my template with anyone who is interested. It would take some time and effort to reformat for a different spine label layout but would be time well invested and save the cost of a non-standard printer. Marsha Marsha Lynn Director Odon Winkelpleck Public Library 812-636-4949 [email protected] In a message dated 1/21/2010 11:46:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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 ======================= Amy Terlaga Assistant Director, User Services Bibliomation 32 Crest Road Middlebury, CT 06762 (203)577-4070 x101 _http://www.biblio.org_ (http://www.biblio.org/) ----
