Hi coders!

When my library found that our trusty OKI Data label printers were not
compatible with our new laptops, it started a year-long odyssey for me of
buying and returning label and barcode printers, scanners and label stock.
It was a frustrating process of mismatched models, surprising assortments
of ports, incorrect plugs, incompatible scanners, wrong-sized label stocks,
unexpected toner types, and so on; all of which resulted in a lot of
returns and new orders.

In the course of all this confusion, I was disappointed by the lack of best
practice or advice pages on the internet. So,I created a page compiling the
advice I received, via listservs and emails, on purchase and set up label
printers in the current market. I put in the specifications we're using at
San Jose State (part of the California State University consortium) on the
page as advice for others

The *page is here*
<https://calstate.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/URM/pages/3297869839/Label+printers+and+printing+advice>
on
the CSU's Confluence site.

But I know it's not comprehensive.  So I threw up *this survey*
<https://forms.gle/ujrxYPb9XLdAmmB86> to solicit advice, corrections,
anecdotes to add, etc. from others on what I wrote - or feel free to
respond to me via email. Please view and share!!!

Thanks as always!
Jill
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*Jill Strykowski, MSLIS, MA **(she/her)*
*Cataloging Lead + **Government Documents Lead*

San José State University | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
One Washington Square | San José, CA 95192
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