Configuring Your Printer Settings & Printing Labels
Before you can start printing Spine Labels, you will need the following required supplies and equipment:
These instructions below will only work with Google Chrome. Do not use any other browser for printing Spine Labels in Alma!
- After you have the required supplies and thermal printer installed, login to Alma.
- Browse to any item record by scanning a barcode in an All Titles, Keyword search and then clicking on Items, OR by performing a Physical Items search using the Barcode (or any other method you desire).
- When SpineOMatic detects an item record that it can print, the App Center icon at the top right will have a green dot, as seen below
= Ready to Print. One or more physical item records are available to print.
= Not Ready. You are not in a physical item record. You might be a holding or a bib record instead of an item record.
- Click on the ready App Center icon, as seen above, on the top right of your screen and select SpineOMatic. Notice that SpineOMatic will display all barcodes of all of the item records currently showing on your screen, which allows you to print more than one label if desired. Simply click on Select Items, select the barcodes for the item label(s) you want print, and click on Next.
- Select the layout as either L C Call Number Layout OR Title Call Number Layout, and for the template, select either L C Call Number Label OR Title Call Number Label, depending on the type of shelving used for the label you are printing. Alma will remember your last selection the next time, so make sure to updated it accordingly each time. Next, click the Print Labels button. Notice that it will let you know how many labels you have selected to print.
- The print dialog box will appear. Please make sure your settings match exactly the ones that are below:
- A. Destination - Make sure to select the correct Dymo Printer that you have installed on your computer. This name might vary and look different on your computer than the one on the screenshot.
- B. Paper Size - Make sure to select 30347 1 in x 1-1/2 in from the list. If you are not able to modify this field, you might have incorrect parameters set in your margins which you will need to clear in order to proceed.
- C. Margins - Make sure everything is set to 0 here or None.
- D. Scale - Keep this at Default. Although the preview might look a bit off-center, this is intentional, as the configuration has been optimized for use with DuraReady labels, which have a slightly different dimension scheme than normal Dymo labels. However, if it is not printing correctly or you'd like to adjust the dimensions, use the scale here to gradually adjust the size and position.
- E. Options - Uncheck Background graphics. Also uncheck anything else that sounds like headers & footers here as well, if you get the option.
- F. Print - When ready, click on Print to send the label to the printer.
- If the label printer correctly, it is important to select Yes, clear and start over before exiting the program or moving to another record.
If you notice that the number of labels printing is incorrect, you might have forgotten to clear out a label to print, as explained above. This usually happens when you don't select Yes, clear and start over after printing. To resolve this, simply try to print any label from SpineOMatic, cancel the print, and then click on Yes, clear and start over. This is the only way to clear labels from printing that you don't need anymore!
