Receipt Fields for Hold Wrappers
Hold wrappers can be customized to display various receipt fields using the Receipt Fields gadget.
Behavior
The Behavior tab contains the Configure Printed Field Properties. These options are only available after you have saved text to the receipt fields on the Defaults tab.
Configure Printed Field Properties
The header, footer, and receipt fields you specify to print on the hold wrapper can be customized to print horizontally or vertically. Each receipt field and the header and footer can be individually customized with a selected font, font style, and font size.
After you specify on the Defaults tab which receipt fields you want to print and whether to print a header and/or a footer, click the Behavior tab. Under Configure Printed Field Properties, the field, print layout options, default font, and font size display for each receipt field, the header, and the footer, as applicable.
Do the following to configure the printing properties for each piece of information to print on the hold wrapper:
| • | For each hold wrapper field, select Horizontal to print the text horizontally, or select Vertical to print the text vertically. By default, Horizontal is selected. |
| • | For each hold wrapper field, specify the font to be used when printing the text. Use the Font Chooser gadget to select the font, font style, and font size. The default font for your system is selected by default. |
The Defaults tab contains the options for printing information on hold wrappers. This section contains the following attributes:
| • | Receipt Header and Receipt Footer |
| • | Receipt Fields |
| • | Print When Item Selected for Hold at Current or Other Library, Not When Receiving From Transit for Hold |
| • | Allow Date Formatting Description |
| • | Configure Privacy Printing Properties |
Receipt Header and Receipt Footer
Use the String List gadget to add any free text of your choice to the receipt header or footer. Click Add to add your string to the list of strings. Use the Up and Down buttons to change the order of the strings you added. Click Save to save your list of strings to the header or footer.
Use the Receipt Fields gadget to add information from the item or user record to the receipt. The following list describes the receipt fields that may be selected to print on hold wrappers:
Expires
Prints the date on or by which the user must pick up the available hold.
Item ID
Includes the barcode number of the item.
First Name
Displays the user’s first name. This field can be truncated to print only a specified number of characters of the user’s first name (specified in the Limit Printed Length of Patron First Name property).
Last Name
Displays the user’s last name. This field can be truncated to print only a specified number of characters of the user’s last name (specified in the Limit Printed Length of Patron Last Name property).
Name
Indicates the user’s “display” name, or the full name of the user.
Pickup Library
Prints the library where the user should pick up the hold.
Title
Prints the title of the item. This field has a limit of 50 characters.
User Cat1-User Cat12
Prints information from the User Category fields (User Cat1, User Cat2, User Cat3, User Cat4, User Cat5, User Cat6, User Cat7, User Cat8, User Cat9, User Cat10, User Cat11, and User Cat12) in the user record. The actual labels for the User Category fields are determined by your library.
User ID
Prints the barcode number for the user. This field can be truncated to print only a specified number of characters of the user’s ID (specified in the Limit Printed ID Length property).
Print When Item Selected for Hold at Current or Other Library, Not When Receiving From Transit for Hold
The Print When Item Selected for Hold at Current or Other Library, Not When Receiving From Transit for Hold property determines whether hold wrappers print when items go in transit to another library to fill a hold. When enabled, hold wrappers will print for items going in transit to fill a hold at another library, but not when received from transit for a hold. To prevent inconsistencies between branches and possible duplication of hold wrappers, SirsiDynix recommends setting this property the same system-wide.
This property is not available for sites using the "Trap hold with first item received at pickup library" feature.
Allow Date Formatting Description
The optional Allow Date Formatting Description property specifies whether WorkFlows should print descriptive text on the hold wrapper to explain the date format that your library uses for the available hold expiration date (the Pickup By date). The Date Format Description box is a free-text field where you can type up to 40 characters of descriptive text.
For example, patrons may be confused as to whether the date notation of 12/11/2007 means December 11, 2007, or November 12, 2007. The library can type Month/Day/Year in the Date format description box so the date information displays similar to the following on the hold wrapper.
Pickup by:
12/11/2007
Month/Day/Year
Configure Privacy Printing Properties
Libraries may configure the following optional Privacy Printing Properties to allow enough user information to be printed on the hold wrapper while protecting the user’s privacy.
| • | Limit Patron ID Length property can be selected when the User ID receipt field is specified to print on the hold wrapper. In the Maximum Number of Last Characters to Print of Patron ID box, specify how many characters of the user ID, counting from the final character, will print. For example, if you specify that the last 4 characters of the user ID will print, the user ID 34567893 displays as 7893 on the hold wrapper. |
| • | Limit Printed Length of Patron Last Name property can be selected when the Last Name receipt field is specified to print on the hold wrapper. In the Maximum Number of Characters to Print of Patron Last Name box, specify how many characters of the user’s last name, starting from the first character, will print. For example, if you specify that the first 6 characters of the user’s last name will print, the surname Johnson displays as Johnso on the hold wrapper. |
| • | Limit Printed Length of Patron First Name property can be selected when the First Name receipt field is specified to print on the hold wrapper. In the Maximum Number of Characters to Print of Patron First Name box, specify how many characters of the user’s first name, starting from the first character, will print. For example, if you specify that the first 3 characters of the user’s first name will print, the name Maria displays as Mar on the hold wrapper. |
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