If you have no layouts defined, you will add a new layout by clicking the 'New' button and choosing 'Layout'.

You may also choose to press 'Manage layout' on the left side. Here you are offered a list of available layouts you can select for editing. But at the top of the page there is still the 'New layout' button.

• You have the option of adding up to 3 lines of text to your card. Your text can be static text of your choosing and/or fields from the patron record. If you want to print fields from the patron record you want to put the field names in brackets like so - <firstname>

  Note

  A full list of field names can be found in the database schema at http://schema.koha-community.org

• For each line of text, you can choose your font, font size and the location of the text on the card using the lower X and Y coordinates

• In order to show the barcode and the patron card number you will need to check the 'Print Card Number as Barcode' option. This will turn the patron card number into a barcode. If you want the number to print in human readable format you will need to check the 'Print Card Number as Text Under Barcode' option.

• Finally you can choose up to two images to print on the card.

  • One can be the patron image which you can resize to meet your needs.

  • The other image can be something like a library logo or symbol that you uploaded using the 'Manage Images' module of the Patron Card Creator Tool.

To add a new template click on the 'New template' button at the top of your page which brings you to the Edit template form immediately. You may also choose to press 'Manage templates' on the left side. Here you are offered a list of available templates you can select for editing. But in the top of the page there is still the 'New template' button.

Using the form that appears after pressing either 'Edit' or 'New template'you can define the template for your sheet of labels or cards.

After saving, your templates will appear on the 'Manage templates' page.

To add a new profile, you want to click on the 'Profiles' button at the top of your page and choose 'New Profile'

To add a new profile, you want to click on the 'New profile' button at the top of your page. Using the form that appears you can define the values to correct the card misalignments on your label sheet. You may also choose 'Manage profiles' on the left side and select one of the currently available profiles for editing.

After saving, your profiles will appear on the 'Manage Printer Profiles' page.

Once you have saved your new profile, you can return to the list of templates and choose to edit the template that this profile is for.

To add a new batch, you want to click on the 'New batches' button at the top of your page. Choosing the menu item 'Manage batches' on the left a list of already defined batches is displayed. In this display you can either select a batch for editing or add a new batch.

For a new batch a message pops up and directs you to select patrons to be processed in this batch.

After choosing the 'Add item(s)' button the Patron Search window pops up.

From here you can search for patrons to add to your batch by any part of their name, their category and/or library. Entering * in the search box will display all the patrons.

From the results you can add patrons to the batch by clicking the 'Add' button. After adding patrons from the results you can start over and perform another search or click 'Close' at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you are done. You will then be presented with your batch.

If you are satisfied with your batch you can proceed to export. If you want to correct or even delete that batch the buttons to do so can be found at the top of your screen. You can always come back here through the 'Manage > Card batches' button.

If you would like to export all patron cards you can click 'Export card batch' otherwise you can choose specific patrons to print cards for by checking the box to the right of their names and then choose 'Export selected card(s)' at the top.

The export menu will ask you to choose a template, a layout and starting position (where on the sheet should printing begin).

Note

For the starting position if the first 6 labels have already been used on your sheet you can start printing on label in position 7 on the sheet. The labels are numbered left to right from top to bottom.

Once you click 'Export' you will be presented with a PDF of your labels for printing

When you open the PDF you will see the cards for printing

The above image shows a layout that is made up of two textlines. The first one is just plain text, the second one is composed of the <firstname> <surname> fields. A patron image is printed (if available) and the barcode of patrons number is displayed in code 39. All this is printed on a template with three columns and 8 rows using position 1-3 here. When printing this PDF please take care that your printer doesn't rescale the PDF (e.g do not fit to paper size) otherwise the printer will not be able to print to the right place per your templates.

Images uploaded using this tool will appear on the menu when creating patron card layouts. You are limited in how many images you can upload (not counting patron images) by the ImageLimit system preference.

Important

Images must be under 500k in size.

Note

Pictures uploaded with this tool should be at least 300dpi which is the minimum quality for a printable image.

In the center of the screen is a simple upload form, simply browse for the file on your computer and give it a name you'll recognize later.

Once the file is uploaded you will be presented with a confirmation message.

And the image will be listed with all of your others on the right hand side of the page.

To delete one or multiple of these images, click the checkbox to the right of each image you want to delete and click the 'Delete' button.