Example Voyager Circ.INI file showing modifications for receipt printing of the DISCHARGE SLIP

Question

Example of modifications to the Voyager Circ.INI file for receipt printer printing of the DISCHARGE SLIP.

Answer

Each receipt printer will be different, but there are some modifications you can make to the Circ.INI to help you print to your receipt printer. The following is an example which may or may not work for your receipt printer.

The example slip below is the [DISCHARGE SLIP].
In BOLD and Underline for the stanza following, we have highlighted the variables that needed to be modified to make the slip print properly on a specific receipt printer.

• All font sizes need to be reduced. For this test receipt printer, font size was reduced to size 8.
• Note that the Barcode Font size may need to be reduced. Test out different sizes- you want this to be as large as possible for your barcode reader.  Our test printer is set at 10.
• TextLeftMargin needs to be reduced. Our test printer needed to be set at 1.
• PageMargins need to be reduced. Our test printer needed to be set at zero.
• Also, feel free to change from Times New Roman to a sans serif font, such as Tahoma, which can read clearer at small sizes.

Here’s the highlighted stanza from the .INI, showing the variables affected by the previous comments:

[DISCHARGE SLIP]
Heading=ITEM DISCHARGED
TitleLabel=Title:
AuthorLabel=Author:
CallNumberLabel=Call Number:
EnumerationLabel=Enumeration:
ChronologyLabel=Chronology:
CopyNumberLabel=Copy:
ItemBarcodeLabel=Item Barcode:
PatronLabel=Patron:
DueDateLabel=Due Date:
DischargeDateLabel=Discharged:
OverdueFineLabel=Overdue Fine:
HeadingFontName=Times New Roman
HeadingFontSize=12
HeadingFontBold=True
HeadingFontItalic=False
HeadingFontUnderline=False
HeadingJustified=C
LabelFontName=Times New Roman
LabelFontSize=12
LabelFontBold=True
LabelFontItalic=False
LabelFontUnderline=False
TextFontName=Times New Roman
TextFontSize=12
TextFontBold=False
TextFontItalic=False
TextFontUnderline=False
TextLeftMargin=3
PageMargins=1
BlankLinesBetweenSections=2
PrintPatronName=Y
BarcodeFontName=Barcode 3 of 9
BarcodeFontSize=12
StartStopChar=*
PrintStartStopChar=Y

• Article last edited: 03-Sept-2020