1. Millennium Labeling III Printing Technology Carrie Volk Gloria Kelley November 13, 2008

2. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Printing in 2007 New printing architecture for selected print jobs More flexible and highly customizable output Print templates to control Library logos Font Size Font Layout

3. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Print Templates Available Acquisitions Purchase Order Cataloging Monographic Spine Labels Serials Routing Slips Circulation Hold Pickup Slips Hold Pickup Wrappers Transit Slips

4. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Monographic Spine Labels Flexibility in font, font size, color, label stock used, etc. Flexibility in layout of data elements Support of full Unicode character set Templates allow users to select label printing choices appropriate for them

5. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Data Palette for Spine Labels Copy number, item location Concatenated author-title Library name Item: any a-z tagged field Bib: 245/200 and first t-tagged field Call number (item or bib)

6. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Print Templates Overview Setup and Administration 282 (Preview print templates) 283 (Update Print templates) 284 (import/export print templates) 285 (Delete print templates) Selected just like new record templates Defaults provided for all print jobs Customization through third-party application (iReports)

7. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Print Templates Implementation Step 1: Upgrade to Release 2007 Step 2: Turn on Print Templates under Set System Options Step 3: Set Print Templates authorizations for your login Step 4: Choose output types and methods: Cat / Print, Save as PDF, Excel, etc.

8. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Print Templates Implementation Step 5: Choose a Print Template Start printing Optional Steps: Contact Innovative for template customization services Export the print template and edit with iReports

9. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Exporting the Print Template Admin  Settings

10. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Working with iReport

11. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Working with iReport Selecting the text box gives you the sidebar which contains the font size, color and other style related tools. Also contains access to the “Expression Editor.”

12. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 iReport Files 101_Gyld Original Label General Collection Label Reference Label

13. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 iReport Files - Output Decimal points before {callNumericAfterDec} and {callEndCR} Item volume field {itemv} Blank line to the top of every label (for consistent spacing) Static locations added (one label for each location) Syntax set up so that nothing prints in blank label spaces 101_Gyld Original LabelGeneral Collection LabelReference Label What We Changed:

14. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 iReport Comments Use the “Expression Editor” view Save a backup of your file BEFORE making any changes, no matter how minor! Compile the expression each time you edit it in order to avoid syntax errors You may need to make slight adjustments to the position of the label per printer, as alignment can be slightly different.

15. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Importing File from iReports

16. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Importing File from iReports

17. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Preferred Templates & Queues

18. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Final Output – Print Preview

19. Gloria Kelley and Carrie Volk, November 2008 Questions? Resources Millennium Manual Printing with Print Templates - # 107521 Creating Customized Print Templates - # 107687 Download iReport Link - # 107515 Print Templates Wiki - CSDirect http://csdirect.iii.com/documentation/cir/landing.shtml