1. Label Printing At Hampden-Sydney College Library Toni Hamlett Hampden-Sydney College SIUG November 13, 2008

2. History We printed labels from OCLC Connexion If we needed labels from Millennium, we hand typed them into the OCLC Label Program. Our printer was a Lexmark Dot Matrix Pin fed printer

3. Our Goals Print directly from Millennium and Connexion to the same printer Each cataloger could have his/her own printer Printing could be done in the stacks by students to replace faded labels

4. Equipment/Software Printer: –Zebra TLP 2844 thermal transfer printer Software is from Rasmussen Software, Inc.Rasmussen Software, Inc – Print Wizard Server Edition –There is support at the website for using software with Millenniumsupport Tablet PC Wireless Scanner

5. Software Print Wizard Server Edition is a product that can enhance and adapt the output from Millennium on its way to the printer. In order to get PWSE involved in the printing process, it must be inserted into the “printing pipeline” that flows from Millennium to the printer.

6. Software (cont.) It was a little tricky but we received good help directly from Bob Rasmussen as needed. The Print Wizard Server Edition has to be installed on each computer that will be used to print from. –In order to get the print data from Millennium to Print Wizard, Print Wizard needs to use its "listen mode", which is a feature that is in Server Edition only.

7. Software (cont.) The general setup involves installing a printer, setting its port to be a local TCP/IP port, running Print Wizard to listen for print jobs on that port and then setting the application up to print to that particular TCP/IP address and port. This is called “localhost” printing.

8. Setting Print Options Printer must be set up in the Print Wizard Program to select font, font style, and font size. There is a file in the Print Wizard Program that is customized to the label stock you use. In Millennium the Label Printer must be set to access the local printer and some parameters set.

9. Label Stock Vernon #7713 –Fan-Fold foil backed labels, SP1/SP2 –We have them rolled onto a ½” core –Either way will work in the printer

10. Printing from Millennium Set the Label Printer to the localhost printer your created

11. Printing from Millennium (cont.)

13. Conclusions We have had no problems since we have installed all hardware/software in August 2007 We have a student come 2 hours per week to replace labels as needed in the stacks Catalogers love these printers.