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Alma Workflows

This guide will help you learn about all of the different workflows in Alma that are specific to Miami Dade College, Learning Resources.

Setting Up Your Browser to Print Loan Receipts

Before you can start printing Loan Receipts, you will need the following required supplies and equipment:

These instructions below will only work with either Firefox or Google Chrome only. Do not use any other browser for printing Loan Receipts in Alma!

  1. First, let's add a handy-dandy Print Alma Receipt button to our favorite browser's bookmark toolbar. To do this, you'll need to enable your Bookmarks Toolbar in either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.
  2. Next, you'll need to drag the blue button below into your Bookmarks Toolbar.
Drag This Button to Your Bookmarks Toolbar:
Print Alma Receipt

Printing Loan Receipts

Before continuing, you must configure Alma to always show your current location, otherwise, the loaning library will not display when the receipt is printed! You should also take this time to enable Quick Printing in Alma!

  1. Now that you have added a Loan Receipt Button to your Bookmarks Tool Bar, login to Alma to test it out.
  2. Once in Alma, go to Fulfillment and click on Manage Patron Services and lookup a patron record.
  3. Once you have the patron record pulled up, check out an item (or, if this patron already has items checked out, change the Loan Filter to All Loans).

     
  4. Now, click on the Print Alma Receipt button that you added to your Bookmarks Toolbar.
  5. A Print Dialog window will appear which you will need to configure (only needed the first time) as follows:
    Mozilla Firefox Settings:

     
    • 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 Continuous, Wide 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. Scale - Keep this at Fit to page width. However, if the receipt is not printing correctly or you'd like to adjust the dimensions, use the scale here to gradually adjust the scale size and position.
    • D. Margins - Make sure this is set to Minimum.
    • E. Options - Uncheck Print headers and footers and also uncheck Print backgrounds.
    • F. Print - Click on Print when you are done configuring these settings to print the receipt.

Google Chrome Settings

  • 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 Continuous, Wide 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 this is set to Minimum.
  • D. Scale - Keep this at Default. 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 Headers and footers and also uncheck Background graphics.
  • F. Print - Click on Print when you are done configuring these settings to print the receipt.

Currently, there is a known glitch where the institution logo does not display when printing a receipt in Google Chrome.