Version History
Version 2.2beta Monday, April 2, 2007
Two (related) options have been added to UMDPrint with this release.
1. The ability to turn off UMDPrint's control of formfeed distance.
2. The ability to print sideways (in Landscape mode).
These options were added to the printer setup screen and are set separately for printer A, printer B, and for printer C.
The purpose of both options is to facilitate the use of thermal-transfer label printers, such as the Zebra TLP 2824 and TLP 2844.
A bug was fixed which prevented uses from editing a label if it contained to many lines of text.
This beta version does not have updated documentation.
Version 2.1.1
Tuesday, June 7, 2005
When printing a label, press the ENTER key
to proceed with a single label.
(Or click on the "Print Label" button.).
To print multiple copies
of the current label, use the numbered buttons (2, 3, 4 or 5, depending
on how many copies you want). You can also use an alt-key combination.
(alt-1, alt-2, etc)
You can now "divide second line" if it begins
with specific text, just as you can the first line of the label.
The sets of XML fields listed below are all used, by default, to place
text in the label. For any specific label group you work with, you
can now exclude the fields you don't want.
*Optional: <tab-label-x> fields.
*Optional: <call-no-piece-x> fields.
*Optional: <call-no-piece-2-x> fields.
*Optional: <item-desc-piece-x> fields.
Version 2.1 - Monday, February 28, 2005
Printer Form Length Control
For pinfed printers using continuous label
stock, UMDPrint now controls the length of a form feed. There is no need
to create custom-sized forms in the Windows Printer Control Panel.
Options Based on Label Group
There is an option to pull chronology information from the Z30
Description field. This is to be used where Aleph does not include chron.
information in the label. We've seen this happen if the chron. info is
parenthesized in the record.
There is an option to append the full call number to the second line.
This is very similar to the option that was already
available to append the title on the first line. The offset for printing
this "second label" data can now be set to a higher value - to make sure
it is spaced far enough to the right.
If
the copy number is being appended, the prefix is now selectable:
It can read: copy 2 .. or .. c.2 .. or .. -2
The
following text substitutions are removed and replaced with the characters
they represent:
< becomes <
> becomes >
& becomes &
" becomes "
' becomes '
Version 2 - Friday,
February 11, 2005
General
Version 2 allows the configuration of multiple printers
in UMDPrint.
Printer configuration includes the Windows printer name; font typeface,
style and size; form length (to match settings in Windows control panel);
label height and width; vertical and horizontal text offset to fine
tune the positioning of text on the label.
Version 2 allows UMDPrint to recognize “Label
Types” based on the contents of these fields: SubLibrary, Collection,
Material Type, Call Number Type.
UMDPrint stores label configuration specific to each Label Type. It
then applies the appropriate formatting whenever a label of that type
is printed.
Options Based on Label Type
Include copy numbers: Always / Never / If number is
2 or greater
Printer to use: A , B, or C
Option to insert part of the Title on line 1, offset
to the right.
Insert line breaks before enumeration abbreviations.
This currently works only for the enumeration abbreviations I've identified:
v., no., SECT., pt., Suppl. Recognition of these abbreviations is case
sensitive. I will add more enumeration abbreviations over time, as requested.
If the first line contains only the text string "xxxxxxx",
replace it with "yyyyyyyyy".
If the first line begins with the text string "aaaa",
move everything after "aaaa" down to the 2nd line.
Combine all lines after the first. (UMD uses this for
short/wide governement document labels)
Print immediately or view the label first to allow
editing. This can be set for individual Label Groups, but there is a
master override that will force all label types to be opened on screen
for editing. (Note that label format settings can only be edited while
a label of the type in question is on screen.)
Automatically break lines that exceed a configurable
number of characters.
Adjust the size of the editable label preview on the
screen to more closely match the printed label format. UMDPrint uses
a text field for printing that can line-wrap, so this onscreen adjustment
allows users to visually be alerted if a line wrap is likely at the
printer.
A Default Label Type is used. When labels are printed
that represent a new Label Type, the new type is assigned all of the
default settings, and retains those settings until the user modifies
them. Editing the default settings will not affect any of the Label
Types for which settings are already stored.
(When a new Label Type is recognized and default settings
are assigned to it, the user is notified so that they can immediately
make adjustments.)
Note: Most label format changes take effect the NEXT
time a label of that type is printed.
Also Note: UMDPrint is called by Aleph with a command
line parameter (which provides the filepath and filename for an Aleph
XML file). If UMDPrint is run without a commandline parameter, then
general configuration options are available, including settings for
the Default Label Type, printers, and Aleph specific settings which
are needed by UMDPrint.
Version 0.9 - Monday, January 31 2005 (?)
With this version, the documentation is slightly out
of date.
The label printer does NOT have to be your Windows
default printer.
Printer selection and font selection are available
in the UMDPrint configuration screen. The same screen allows you to
shift printing to the right, or downward, on your labels.
To get to the UMDPrint configuration screen, go to
the Start Menu under
Programs / UMDPrint4Aleph and click on "UMDPrint Configuration
Screen".
