Offset & Creep Adjustment Feature for Label Creator Tool
Hi all, I have just wrapped up what I call a Printer Profile feature for the Label Creator tool in Koha 3.0. This feature allows for the creation of printer profiles bound to printer/tray/template where 'printer' is the printer the profile applies to, 'tray' is the tray on that printer the profile applies to, and 'template' is the label template the profile applies to. Basically the profile allows the user to setup offset and creep adjustements (aka: printer callibration) specific to a given printer tray and label template. The printer referenced need not be one setup inside Koha itself. The template, however, must exist within Koha. This functionality is available in most label software I have used, and should keep the user from having to monkey with the template specs to get the text/barcode/etc. inside the label edges. I am wondering if there are any thoughts, considerations, objections, encouragements, etc. to this tool becoming a part of Koha before I submit the code? It works well here, but is beta. Regards, Chris -- Chris Nighswonger Faculty Member Network & Systems Director Foundations Bible College & Seminary www.foundations.edu www.fbcradio.org
"Chris Nighswonger" <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> wrote: [...]
I am wondering if there are any thoughts, considerations, objections, encouragements, etc. to this tool becoming a part of Koha before I submit the code? It works well here, but is beta.
Encouragement: this sounds very good. Every printer/tray combo has its own little ideosyncracies, as far as I can tell. Barcode printing is probably one of the areas where koha is still a little weak because most developers have at most one printer to test with. I'd like to see this improved. Best wishes, -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/
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