Bug 35122 - Allow Koha to Print Barcodes Singularly or a Batch of barcodes that are not in the system
Summary: Allow Koha to Print Barcodes Singularly or a Batch of barcodes that are not i...
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Label/patron card printing (show other bugs)
Version: 23.05
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Chris Nighswonger
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2023-10-20 15:13 UTC by Kelly McElligott
Modified: 2023-10-26 16:46 UTC (History)
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Description Kelly McElligott 2023-10-20 15:13:45 UTC 
It would be nice for a feature to exist in Koha to allow libraries to enter barcodes into the Label Creator to print out, however, these barcodes currently do not exist in Koha.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2023-10-20 20:45:52 UTC 
I think we have this with the print barcode range feature?
Comment 2 David Cook 2023-10-22 22:37:41 UTC 
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #1)
> I think we have this with the print barcode range feature?

Which feature is that?
Comment 3 Kelly McElligott 2023-10-23 13:40:54 UTC 
Yes, this would work in the barcode range choice, but the library would have to enter the barcode twice each time, as it requires a 'range'.
Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2023-10-23 20:00:28 UTC 
(In reply to David Cook from comment #2)
> (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #1)
> > I think we have this with the print barcode range feature?
> 
> Which feature is that?

Go to the labels module and select New > Barcode range.
Comment 5 Katrin Fischer 2023-10-23 20:01:47 UTC 
(In reply to Kelly McElligott from comment #3)
> Yes, this would work in the barcode range choice, but the library would have
> to enter the barcode twice each time, as it requires a 'range'.

Maybe we could adjust the bug description. Are you thinking about something like an input box where the barcodes could be entered/scanned? Maybe single or multiple outside a range?
Comment 6 David Cook 2023-10-23 23:41:27 UTC 
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #4)
> Go to the labels module and select New > Barcode range.

Oh nice! That's a feature I've wanted for many years. Great to see that in there!
Comment 7 Kelly McElligott 2023-10-26 11:02:12 UTC 
Katrin,
Thanks I have updated the title of the bug.  Yes the purpose would be more the ability to print a single barcode or multiple (random not in a batch) barcodes within Koha.
Comment 8 Chris Nighswonger 2023-10-26 11:58:25 UTC 
Would this feature be just a simple generic barcode printer? Or would this be in conjunction with an existing bib record?

I guess I'm wondering how this feature is relevant to Koha as there are a number of other ways to print random barcodes.
Comment 9 Kelly McElligott 2023-10-26 16:38:06 UTC 
Very true! One could create a new process to print labels outside of Koha. However, since a library has created a label template and layout in Koha to print labels- allowing the possibility to do this from Koha would be a time saver!
Comment 10 Chris Nighswonger 2023-10-26 16:46:31 UTC 
I'm looking for a use case or three.

Maybe there are library holdings which are not cataloged, but need a formal label of some sort? Should this new feature allow entry of data other than the barcode to be printed on the resulting label? And/or ...