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 < [email protected]> 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 <[email protected] > > 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: >> [email protected]] *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 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Scott Thomas <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> 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: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Elisabeth >> Keppler >> *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2015 5:11 PM >> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group < >> [email protected]> >> *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 >> $200) and we use pocket labels very rarely, so I don't think we bought any >> of that model. We just switch out the rolls as needed. I can't promise >> this would be the perfect solution for spine and pocket sets, but the more >> options you have, the better. >> >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> >> >> Lise >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Josh Stompro <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, we are currently using Demco 1491670 (1 1/4” x 1” Spine + 2 5/8” x >> 1 ¼” Pocket labels, 16 to a sheet) printed on a laser printer. >> >> >> >> I’ve seen the question asked a few times about what others are using to >> print the Spine+pocket labels but I haven’t seen any responses. I’m hot >> having luck finding thermal printer stock for spine+pocket labels, which >> may also be called circulation sets. We would be open to moving to >> thermal, but I haven’t found the stock we might need yet. And I really >> don’t want one of the thermal printers that costs 2-4K$ >> >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> [email protected] >> (859) 858-2227 >> > > > > -- > Don Butterworth > Faculty Associate / Librarian III > B.L. Fisher Library > Asbury Theological Seminary > [email protected] > (859) 858-2227 > -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. 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