Hi Moyra I use a TSC TTP-244 Plus thermal transfer printer and love it!! I did quite a bit of research into using label printers like the ones you are talking about and found that if they are thermal direct printers (which a lot of those style printers are) then they will fade with heat and the sun/light as well as time. The thermal transfer however, uses a ribbon to print and as such don’t fade. There is a great article about this to be found at the Utah Stat Uni http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/lib_pubs/9/ The article is about 10 years old, but many of its points are still relevant. With my printer I am able to print both spine labels as well as barcodes and pretty much anything else that I can think of. It connects directly with KOHA and all my other programs, but Also has its own software that is quite easy to use. My favourite way to use the printer is to do my cataloguing using the Chrome browser and using Firefox for circulation as that doesn’t have the funny little quirk that Chrome has when printing a quick slip in circulation. Chrome retains the settings for the individual printers and I don’t have to reset the print options for the labels like I do with the other browsers. If you have any other questions, I’m happy to answer them for you. Regards Shannon Shannon Taheny Information & Resources Coordinator Multicultural Aged Care 94 Henley Beach Road Mile End SA 5031 PO Box 488 Torrensville Plaza SA 5031 Ph: (08) 8241 9900 Fax: (08) 8352 1266 Email: shannon@mac.org.au<mailto:shannon@mac.org.au> Web: www.mac.org.au<http://www.mac.org.au/> New @ MAC Library Volya! The legend unfolds by Volya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Ukraine : nature traditions culture by Oleksandr Bilousko A Vietnamese family chronicle : twelve generations on the banks of the Hat River by Nguyen Trieu Dan Creative therapy : fifty-two exercises for groups by Eugene Shea Images gone with time : photographic reflections of Slovak folk life (1950-1965) by Igor Grossman “Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness.” ~ Ola Joseph Nigerian-born motivational speaker, author and trainer From: koha-oz-bounces@lists.koha-community.org [mailto:koha-oz-bounces@lists.koha-community.org] On Behalf Of Moyra McAllister Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2014 2:21 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Koha-oz Subject: [Koha-oz] Quick spine label printing Hi I’d like to use the quick spine label creator to produce spine labels ‘on demand’. Will this work with a label printer such as the Brother QL 570 or the Dymo Labelwriter 450? Does anyone have any experience with these or any other label printer? Thanks in anticipation Moyra Moyra McAllister Melbourne Athenaeum Library http://library.melbourneathenaeum.org.au Mob: 0409463663 E-mail: moyrab@internode.on.net<mailto:moyrab@internode.on.net>

Hi Moyra, I use the Brother QL 570 for my spine labels, barcodes and other labels and it's great. I don't generate labels from Koha but the printer comes with a software package that enables you to set up the labels in the way that you'd like them to print. I just cut and paste from Koha for my spine labels and it's quick and easy. I keep a running spreadsheet of barcode alpha-numeric 'numbers' and the programme creates the barcode from each number. The printer doesn't require ink and I've tested the labels by leaving them directly in the sun for a few weeks and they didn't fade or discolour. I don't know how they will go over time but we cover them with archive-quality label protectors which should help preserve the labels. The best thing about the printer is that it cost me $50 and the refill rolls are inexpensive and last for a long time. The printer would not be practical for a large library, but it is adequate for our small library. Regards, Deborah On 11 February 2014 14:51, Moyra McAllister <moyrab@internode.on.net> wrote:

Hi

I'd like to use the quick spine label creator to produce spine labels 'on demand'. Will this work with a label printer such as the Brother QL 570 or the Dymo Labelwriter 450? Does anyone have any experience with these or any other label printer?

Thanks in anticipation Moyra

Moyra McAllister Melbourne Athenaeum Library http://library.melbourneathenaeum.org.au Mob: 0409463663 E-mail: moyrab@internode.on.net

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