Printing+Material+Labels

 **Purpose** : To print bar code and spine labels for new and repaired library materials.


 * 1) Log in to Koha
 * 2) On the navigation bar at the top left of the page, click **More ▼ **
 * 3) From the drop-down menu, select **Tools **.
 * 4) Click on **Label Creator**.
 * 5) First, you will need to create a “label batch.” A label batch is a list of the items for which you wish to print labels.
 * To create a new label batch, click the **Batches** button and select **New Batch** from the dropdown list.
 * Inside the box marked “Add by barcode(s):” type the barcode number for each book you need labels for, hitting the Enter key after each barcode number entry.
 * When you have listed all the barcode numbers, click the **Add Item(s)** button.
 * You will be shown a list of the titles for all the barcodes you entered. Please double check to make sure the list is correct. (Remove incorrect ones by checking the box in the “Select” column and clicking **Remove Item(s)**; add any you missed following steps a-c)
 * When your list is correct, check the checkboxes in the “Select” column for each item, and click **Export Batch**.



6. Next, you will generate and print your labels
 * Choose the following options based on which type of label you want to print
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: right;">**In order to print:** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Barcode Labels** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**Spine Labels** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">a. Select your Template: || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Avery 5160/MVS Barcode Labels || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">MVS LS/US Spine Labels ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">b. Select your Layout || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">- Lange Barcode (if Lange Library items)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">- LS Barcode (if Lower School items) || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Spine tag ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">If you have a full sheet of labels, “starting label number” will be 1. If some labels on the sheet are already used, count across the rows left to right to find the starting label number
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Click **Export**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Choose PDF/Adobe, and open the file using Foxit Reader
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Once the file is open and you've verified that the labels look correct, go to Print in the file menu. Make sure you are connected to the printer you want (in the Lower School, you will want to use the wireless printer for labels: see instructions to connect to the LS wireless printer) and make sure that printer is selected.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">You can do a test page on regular paper if you want, to make sure the labels will be lined up correctly. (Hold the test page up to the light behind a blank sheet of labels to check alignment.) If they are slightly offset, go to File **>** Print **>** Properties **>** Effects** tab and make sure “Actual Size” is selected. You can also try checking or unchecking the "Auto-Center" option.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">If you're confident the alignment is correct, load label sheet into the printer
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">in Lange library - put labels face down in the workstation printer. The edge nearest you will be the top of the page.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">in LS library - put the labels face up in the printer. The edge nearest you will be the bottom of the page
 * Print!