Hello, I agree with Brooke, buying a special card printer seems overkill. Using a local print shop sounds like an excellent option; an even cheaper alternative could be just running A4 sheets of business cards through your own printer... A further option are A4 sheets with a peel-off laminated card: you can use the sheet for a welcoming letter and include any PIN or password.
Best Gerhard On 10 Sep 2012, at 14:09, BWS Johnson wrote: > Salvete! > > >> Our school has begun to use Koha for the library computer system software >> and we >> are also planning to use the Koha patron card creator to make library and >> student/ staff id cards for our school. We need to pick out an id card >> printer >> from a company like Evolis, Zebra, Fargo or Datacard but dont have much >> experience in choosing a printer that would work well with Koha. Does anyone >> have any suggestion for our school, and does anyone know if it matters what >> printer we get, will they all work with the patron card creator? we are a >> small >> school and really just need a double sided printer with low print volume but >> high quality. >> any feedback or advise would be greatly appreciated. > > > Argh, I really try not to do this, buuuuut the first thing I thought of > when I read this was that it might be a better idea to take things to the > local print shop. I got full colour double sided library cards printed at an > extremely affordable cost. Library supply companies are another option, but > they tend to charge more than your local print shop would for lesser quality. > > It definitely matters what short of printer you get in terms of print > quality. Don't forget that the blanks and ink you're using will also affect > overall quality. (Heck even ambient humidity will...) > > Have you checked with your neighbours to see if there's a consortial > resource available to you? I just couldn't help but latch on to your > statement that you needed a low volume, which causes my consultant > conditioning to reply with "Look out of house!" > > Hope this helped, > Brooke > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha Gerhard Bissels Consulting Librarian Tel. +44 (0)2034320614 SIP 1297201 Email gerhard.biss...@library.coop Web library.coop Library Co-op LLP Company registered in England and Wales no. OC366378 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
