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BIAF Print Label software setup
Yoel Kortick
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Introduction
• This presentation will describe in detail how to
set up and use the BIAF label software with
Aleph
• Details will be given regarding the
• Aleph server
• Aleph PC Client
• BIAF label software on the PC
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BIAF help file
• In addition to this presentation see also the
BIAF help file.
• After installation of the BIAF program the BIAF
help file will be available at:
…\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Help\BIAF Label-OEM.pdf
• The above file will also open if you choose
menu “Help > Help Topics” while in the BIAF
program.
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Table form_print_method
• All label forms must be defined in
Administrative library table
$data_tab/form_print_method
• Here it must be specific that for the particular
form you wish to use the BIAF label software
• This is done by using the print method
BIAF_LABEL_PRINT in column 3
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Table form_print_method
• Here we will assume that we have the
following forms in $data_root/form_eng of
the bibliographic library:
item-copy-label-00.xsl
item-copy-label-20.xsl
item-copy-label-07.xsl
item-issue-label-20.xsl
item-issue-label-00.xsl
serial-item-label-00.xsl
serial-item-label-01.xsl
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Table form_print_method
• We therefore have the following in Administrative
library $data_root/form_print_method
!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-!!-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-!-!
item-copy-label
00 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
item-copy-label
07 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
item-copy-label
20 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
item-issue-label
00 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
item-issue-label
20 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
serial-item-label
00 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
serial-item-label
01 EXECUTE BIAF_LABEL_PRINT
This is the command to use
BIAF label printing program
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Install the BIAF label program on PC
• The BIAF Print Label Software should be installed
under the ALEPH version root (by default
C:\AL500). For example, the program might be
installed in a directory C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL.
• Install the program by double clicking the file
BIAFLABEL.EXE
(Internal Note: Available at L:\Versions\LabelPrint_Biaf\BIAFLABEL.EXE)
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
• Edit the file
…\AL500\[BIAFLABEL]\PrintQueueConfig.ini and
define the form name, language, number, full path
to the print template file and printer name.
• The syntax is as follows:
• form name,language,form number@print template
filename with full path@printer name
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
• Example:
item-copy-label,ENG,00@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplec00.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
item-copy-label,ENG,07@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplec07.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
item-copy-label,ENG,20@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplec20.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
item-issue-label,ENG,00@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplei00.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
item-issue-label,ENG,20@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\\Aleph500-Samplei20.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
serial-item-label,ENG,00@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplesi00.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New
Area
serial-item-label,ENG,01@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplesi01.lbs@\\il-dc02\Olivetti-End Of New
Area
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Above we used a “local convention”. The template
names have before the format number “c”, “i” or
“si”.
• This is parallel to “copy”, “issue” and “serial item”
(the names of the forms on the server).
• Example: Aleph500-Samplesi01.lbs
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
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To make sure you have the correct syntax for
printer name after the last “@”do:
start > run > printer name
• Make sure the printer opens and you do not get an
error message
• Example on next two slides
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
• The templates listed after the first “@” must be
actual templates on the PC
item-copy-label,ENG,00@C:\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplec00.lbs@\\ildc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
• Templates may be edited via the interface of the
BIAF software.
• Double clicking a file will automatically open the
template in the BIAF software
Double click here …
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
• Templates Opens here for editing
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Configure file PrintQueueConfig.ini
• If the printer is not defined in file
PrintQueueuConfig.ini then it is also possible to
define the printer in Aleph.
• This can be done in the file
AL500\catalog\tab\print.ini
• In the ItemLabel line define the non default printer
in column 6, for example:
ItemLabel
00 N P item_lbl.prn DEVICE-07
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Print the labels in Aleph
• We will now use Aleph services to print the labels,
and the labels will be actually printed via the BIAF
program.
• Labels may be printed in Aleph via batch or online.
Here we will print them via batch.
• We will use “General Retrieval Form (ret-adm-01)”
to retrieve the items for which we want to print
labels.
• We will use “Print Items Labels (item-03)” to
actually print the labels.
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Print the labels in Aleph
• Here we use ret-adm-01 to retrieve the items in
sub library LAMB which have been updated (or
created) between Jan. 28 and Jan. 31, 2008.
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Print the labels in Aleph
• We will now use the output file from ret-adm-01 as
the input file for item-03.
• When we run item-03 we will choose a format
which uses file $data_root/form_eng/item-copylabel-07.xsl from the bibliographic library on the
server.
• We already determined in PC file
PrintQueueConfig.ini that item-copy-label-07.xsl
uses BIAF template “Aleph500-Samplec07.lbs”:
item-copy-label,ENG,07@C:\GUIs\AL500\BIAFLABEL\Templates\Aleph500-Samplec07.lbs@\\ildc02\Olivetti-End Of New Area
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Print the labels in Aleph
<control>
This is the xsl of the service item-03:
<drop_down>
$alephe_root/pc_b_eng/p-item-03.xml
<argname>F03</argname>
<label>Label Format</label>
<default>00</default>
<cbitem>
<value>00</value> <display>Inside Label format 00 </display>
</cbitem>
<cbitem>
<value>07</value> <display>Inside Label format 07 </display>
</cbitem>
<cbitem>
<value>20</value> <display>Spine Label format 20</display>
</cbitem>
</drop_down>
This determines the format number of item</control>
copy-label-nn or item-issue-label-nn
<control>
<drop_down>
<argname>F04</argname>
This determines if item-copy-label or
<label>Labels For</label>
item-issue-label is used
<default>C</default>
<cbitem>
<value>C</value> <display>Copy item-copy-label</display>
</cbitem>
<cbitem>
<value>I</value> <display>Issue item-issue-label</display>
</cbitem>
</drop_down>
</control>
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Print the labels in Aleph
• Now we run item-03.
Output file from ret-adm-01
This will use item-copylabel-07 from form_eng on
the server
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Print the labels in Aleph
• The labels output file appears in task manager
We click “Print”
Output of item-03
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Print the labels in Aleph
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The labels will then appear in “Preview” of the BIAF program
Click here to print
Click here to see them larger
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Print the labels in Aleph
• Depending on the specific setup, there is a chance that the
bottom row of labels will appear outside of the margin:
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Print the labels in Aleph
• If that is the case, then do as follows:
1.Open BIAF program by clicking file
..\AL500\BIAFLABEL\label32.exe
2.Open a specific template
3.Click the “Way Print” icon, which is sixth
from the left on the bottom
4.Select the “Margins Correct” check box
• This is shown on the next slide
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Print the labels in Aleph
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Print the labels in Aleph
• Now the labels appear and print correctly
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Thank You!
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