Managing Your User Barcode Print Queue

The User Barcodes Print Queue is populated from form classes, by scanning single barcodes, or by pasting or downloading multiple barcodes from any library in your school. This print queue will be maintained until youfrom the queue. Before printing a set of spine labels you may wish to filter the set of labels displayed down to the set you want to print.

Print queue options:

1. Clickto see draft and final print runs.
2. Editselected patrons in each set. Note: This only changes values on the screen not in the record. Edited display records must be individually updated in the respective patron profiles.
3. Check patron details.
4.  items have been printed or viewed at least one time in PDF. Note: They may not have been printed to stationery.
5. Delete labels from the set.

You can have one template for all labels or you can create multiple sets of templates for multiple sets of labels. Best practice is to experiment with different settings and print options to find the ideal combination for your label requirements. Note: Editing a patron label displayed on the queue will not edit the patron's stored record. This must be undertaken separately if you want to permanently change the edited patron record.

Filtering User Barcodes Print Queue

1. Populate the print queue initially by barcode or form class. 
2. - choose academic levels you want to print labels for. Note: You can choose multiple academic levels.
3. - choose form classes you want to print labels for. Note: You can choose multiple form classes. 
4. Clickwhen ready.
5. Choose whether toafter printing is complete.

Locally Prepared Barcode Labels

You can prepare and pre-print sheets of patron barcode labels in advance. Pre-printed barcode labels can be used to replace faulty labels already in use or they can be allocated to new patrons as they arrive.

Prepare And Print Patron Barcode Labels Already Allocated

1. Select User Labels: Barcode from the Print mode dropdown list.
   
2. Select the {template} to use for the set of barcode labels you wish to print from the Label Template dropdown list. Note: A barcode template should have already been created in the Templates tab for patron barcodes. Clickto view the chosen template format, or edit font and print layout options. 
   
3. Locate the row number and column number location of the first blank label on the label sheet that you intend to start printing on.  Note: You can print to plain stationery to create a barcode list of students for use at the circulation counter.
   
4. Record these numbers in the Start at row and Column fields to ensure your labels begin printing onto the first available blank label on your first label sheet.
   
5. Set Print Patron Name(optional) to print the user's name on their barcode if the barcode is already recorded in the patron record in Infiniti.
6. Set Thumbnails(optional) to generate thumbnail patron images beside each barcode. Note: Attaching patron thumbnails will significantly increase label generation time. Labels must be at least 1cm high; twice as wide as tall; and with patron images less than 5MB each.
7. Choose the source of the labels from the dropdown list Populate From:
   
   1. Single Barcode - to print a small number of random labels.
   2. Set of Barcodes - to print a large number of labels using a prepared set of barcodes.
   3. Form Class - to print labels for a Form class (Students must be in a Form class for this option). Note: You can filter selected patrons from the list.
8. If you:
   1. chose Single Barcode, scan one or more barcodes into Barcode field to populate the print queue. Note: The print queue displays in reverse numeric order to the way it was created, i.e., the last item added will be at the top of the queue and its number will indicate the total number of items in the queue. If you delete from the queue it will automatically renumber.
      
   2. chose Set of Barcodes, dump multiple barcodes into Barcodes field (use a portable barcode reader or cut and paste from a spreadsheet) andto add the set to the print queue. 
   3. chose Form Class, click the Form Class dropdown to select one or more form classes to add to the print queue.
9. Choose the patron Load Order preference from the dropdown list of options, clickto add the members of the form class to the print queue. Note: The load order assists you to locate patrons in the print queue and/or on the printed label pages.
   
10. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 as required.  
11. Click to edit a barcode or a name, and clickto save the change. Note: This only changes values on the label, not in the patron record.
12. To review the printed labels in PDF, click.  
13. When you are satisfied with the labels printed in PDF, print the PDF to your printer. Note: Uncheck Fit to Page if checked.
14. If you are dissatisfied with some or all labels printed to PDF you may take any or all of the the following steps independently or individually in any order:  
    1. Switch Diagnostic Modeand repeat from Step 12 above. Barcodes that can't be printed within the label boundaries will be colour coded (red = cannot fit, green = shrunk to fit) and you can scroll to the end of the printed PDF and review the diagnostic report for each of these labels.
       
    2. Switch Shrink to Fitand repeat from Step 12 above.  
    3. Return to Step 2 above and select a different template for printing.
    4. Experiment with different template settings to find the combination that best suits your requirements.

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