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Patron card creation

You can create cards for library users with the help of Patron Card creator facility. With this facility libraries can create patron cards and print in good quality A4 size paper.
Step-1 Upload library logo

Tools › Patron card creator › Manage images

Upload logo image of your library/organisation and give name (e.g. logo) for the image. Choose a small image for logo (e.g. 100x100 pixel).

Step-1 Create a new layout

Tools > Patron card creator > New > New Layout
See the screenshot below and fill the same values in new layout fields.
In "Image 1" section select logo image to display in library card.
Click on the screen shot to enlarge view.

Step-2 Create new template

Tools > Patron card creator > New > Card Template
See the screenshot below and fill the same values in New Layout fields.


Step-3 Create Patron cards

Tools > Patron Cart creator > New Batch
Select and add users. Select Layout and Template. For further details visit Koha documentation.

15 comments:

  1. Do you have any solution for displaying username-surname in another languages. In vietnamese, we used unicode for input, but when export create patron card in pdf (after step 3), it didn't display right!

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  2. Its seems that names in unicode does not working. The final PDF file does not open. Please put the problem in Koha discussion forum.

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  3. sir ,is there any facility to renew the book of multiple users at the same time. While check in we have to only put the barcode in the box,like that can we renew the book as that of check in without entering into the patrons account.

    Also,can we set the fine amount in increasing order ,ie now after the due date we charging only 00.50 Ps /day.But Iam planning to charge Rs.1, Rs 2,Rs 4 for the coming weeks respectively after the next week of the due date

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    1. Bulk renewal facility is not available with Koha.
      Incremental fine system not available with Koha.

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    2. Give the facility to renew the books online to user (if they don't have any fine)

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  4. sir
    Good morning where is logo option and where in past logo kindly guide me & i have paste same setting but i am not success same patron card. Kindly guide me.

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  5. sir
    Good morning and how are u congrats for new achievement kindly guide me where is option of logo look in patron card. I have paste same setting but i have print only bar code.

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    1. You must choose otherimage in layout and select logo.

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  6. Sir,
    While creating patron card, is it possible to add extended patron attributes in patron card layout field 1,2 and 3. If so what should I enter in the field

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  7. an't call method "get_attr" without a package or object reference at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/patroncards/edit-batch.pl line 126.
    For help, please send mail to the webmaster (localhost), giving this error message and the time and date of the error.

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  8. While creating patron card, how and where to add extra text fields

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  9. Mr Jinu Rajesh
    in koha the incremental system is not there but u can customize what we have recently customize in our library

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  10. Hello! Can we add additional text field to the patron card. If yes how can we achieve it? Please help.

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    1. Please read
      http://manual.koha-community.org/3.22/en/patroncardcreator.html

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