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Thomas Edelblute | 1 Oct 01:46
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Re: Thermal Transfer Printers

We had the same problem with the Dymo's and replaced them with a Zebra TLP 3844-Z.  However, this required
some special programming.  We had to export the Horizon label file to txt file, send it in and they
programmed the printer according to how Horizon created its output.

Tom

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From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jill Nehring
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:24 PM
To: web4lib@...
Subject: [Web4lib] Thermal Transfer Printers

We've been using a Dymo LabelWriter 400 direct thermal printer for our spine
labels for a few years now and are noticing the labels are starting to fade.
I am researching the thermal transfer printing solution - thermal printing
that also uses an ink ribbon. Is anyone else familiar with thermal transfer
printers? Any recommendations for model and/or vendor?
I would need a printer that will print from Horizon. Any suggestions would
be much appreciated! Thanks!

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Jill Nehring
Library Technology Assistant
Richmond Heights Memorial Library
8001 Dale Avenue, Richmond Heights, MO 63117
Phone: (314)-645-6202  Fax: (314)-781-3434
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Graeme Williams | 1 Oct 02:02
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Re: need some free design advice

Sharon,

It *is* possible to edit the style sheet from Javascript, although the code
appears to be browser dependent.

As an example, the following will display a randomly-chosen picture each
time the page is refreshed:

r = Math.floor(Math.random()*4) ; // 0-3
imgs = new Array("images/chess-565x228-text.jpg",
                 "images/library-night-cropped-whiteedge.jpg",
                 "images/opera-565x228-text.jpg",
                 "images/homegrown2009.jpg") ;
 cssRule = "td.main-photo-cell { background-image: url(" + imgs[r] + ") }" ;
 x = document.styleSheets[0] ;
 x.insertRule(cssRule, x.cssRules.length) ;

This (lightly-tested) code only works in Firefox.  To put this into
production, you'd need to add code to detect the user's browser, and add the
code for IE.  IE uses addRule instead of insertRule, and the arguments are
different.

This isn't a full-blown slide show, and no doubt the best long-term approach
is to redo the whole page, but if this approach is sufficient for your
short-term needs and you'd like help with the next steps, let me know.

Graeme Williams
Waltham, MA

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Sharon Foster | 1 Oct 02:28
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Re: need some free design advice

Thank you, Graeme! I did think about having one style sheet for each
image and randomly selecting one when the page loads, but this is much
cooler. And, you may have noticed, the page has issues in IE even now.
I'm pretty sure that wasn't caused by anything I touched, but I didn't
save a copy of the old page so I could compare.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Graeme Williams
<carryonwilliams@...> wrote:
> Sharon,
>
> It *is* possible to edit the style sheet from Javascript, although the code
> appears to be browser dependent.
>
> As an example, the following will display a randomly-chosen picture each
> time the page is refreshed:
>
> r = Math.floor(Math.random()*4) ; // 0-3
> imgs = new Array("images/chess-565x228-text.jpg",
>                  "images/library-night-cropped-whiteedge.jpg",
>                  "images/opera-565x228-text.jpg",
>                  "images/homegrown2009.jpg") ;
>  cssRule = "td.main-photo-cell { background-image: url(" + imgs[r] + ") }" ;
>  x = document.styleSheets[0] ;
>  x.insertRule(cssRule, x.cssRules.length) ;
>
> This (lightly-tested) code only works in Firefox.  To put this into
> production, you'd need to add code to detect the user's browser, and add the
> code for IE.  IE uses addRule instead of insertRule, and the arguments are
> different.
>
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Robert L. Balliot | 1 Oct 02:30
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Re: need some free design advice


It seems that there would be a real benefit to 
extricating the site from the design/hosting service
and using a standard commercial host.  Perhaps they
did not have a tech person of Sharon's ability before and
decided to outsource design.  Many, many libraries
did that and are stuck with designs they cannot change
without external permission and lack control 
over their primary external marketing tool.

I think the site looks nice, but it is missing many
parts and has tables nested in tables, in tables, with
divs and very hard to modify.  Since they hired Sharon,
they could now benefit from internal control over design 
and features.

It always bothers me when I see a hosting/design link
in the footer of a library page. That is simply an
SEO/Marketing tool for the designer and IMO should be not be
included in any paid design work.

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Robert L. Balliot
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Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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Sharon Foster | 1 Oct 03:43
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Re: need some free design advice

Ironically, the previous site was done in WordPress. It wasn't as
pretty, not having been professionally designed, but it was much more
functional. I think we now know how to have the best of both worlds.

Sharon M. Foster, JD, MLS
Technology Librarian
http://firstgentrekkie.blogspot.com/
"Have you tried switching it off and on again?"

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Robert L. Balliot
<rballiot@...> wrote:
>
>
> It seems that there would be a real benefit to
> extricating the site from the design/hosting service
> and using a standard commercial host.  Perhaps they
> did not have a tech person of Sharon's ability before and
> decided to outsource design.  Many, many libraries
> did that and are stuck with designs they cannot change
> without external permission and lack control
> over their primary external marketing tool.
>
> I think the site looks nice, but it is missing many
> parts and has tables nested in tables, in tables, with
> divs and very hard to modify.  Since they hired Sharon,
> they could now benefit from internal control over design
> and features.
>
> It always bothers me when I see a hosting/design link
> in the footer of a library page. That is simply an
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Lin Light | 1 Oct 14:42

Re: Thermal Transfer Printers

We use Dymo our magazine labels and the occassional single label replacement.
YES they will fade. We are staring to look for a thermo-transfer printer too.
You will find that you are limited to the size of the label. Usually over 1x1 
inch size. But it is the way to go.

Lin

Lin Light
Head of Computer
 & Technical Services
Herrick District Library
300 South River Ave.
Holland, MI 49423
Voice 616-355-3727
Fax   616-355-1426

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Jill Nehring <jnehring@...>
To: web4lib@...
Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:24:06 -0500
Subject: [Web4lib] Thermal Transfer Printers

> We've been using a Dymo LabelWriter 400 direct thermal printer for our spine
> labels for a few years now and are noticing the labels are starting to fade.
> I am researching the thermal transfer printing solution - thermal 
> printing that also uses an ink ribbon. Is anyone else familiar with 
> thermal transfer printers? Any recommendations for model and/or vendor? 
> I would need a printer that will print from Horizon. Any suggestions 
> would be much appreciated! Thanks!
>
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Lin Light | 1 Oct 14:43

Re: Thermal Transfer Printers

Very good idea. I did have someone say that the plastic will increase the fade 
rate.

Lin

Lin Light
Head of Computer
 & Technical Services
Herrick District Library
300 South River Ave.
Holland, MI 49423
Voice 616-355-3727
Fax   616-355-1426

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From: "Sidey, Carolyne" <carolyne.sidey@...>
To: "Jill Nehring" <jnehring@...>, <web4lib@...>
Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:29:01 -0400
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Thermal Transfer Printers

> Do you put plastic label protectors over the labels?
> 
> If so, make sure that you use ones that block UV light. That is what
> fades them. Label protectors might be cheaper than a new printer :)
> 
> Carolyne
> 
>  Carolyne Sidey
> Manager, XRCC Library
> Xerox Research Centre of Canada
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Chester D. Mealer | 1 Oct 15:40

Re: need some free design advice

If you don't know your users' screen dimensions, Google Analytics will be more than happy to show you that
and more.

Chester Mealer
Webmaster
Rapides Parish Library
chester@...

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [Web4lib] need some free design advice

On 09/30/2009 04:39 PM, Sharon Foster wrote:
> Dear Collective Brain,
>
> Here's my library's website:
>
> http://www.ryepubliclibrary.org/

> ...What would you do if you were me?
>

I'd start with this:

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<body>
  <div id="site-wrap">
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Sharon Foster | 1 Oct 15:49
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Re: need some free design advice

Yeah, they didn't do that, either. Long story short--even though the
site was ostensibly designed for use with Contribute, they gave us 2
templates--one for the front page and one for any subpage. Except they
didn't really use the templates. I'm not sure how the staff made new
pages, but I suspect they just copied any existing page and then
edited the copy. The sidebar menus are a nightmare to maintain.

I'm starting to think that a skunkworks project is in order. Use some
of the existing design--color scheme and so forth--but implement it in
something much friendlier, like WordPress. (Drupal is overkill for our
size library, I think.)

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Chester D. Mealer <chester@...> wrote:
> If you don't know your users' screen dimensions, Google Analytics will be more than happy to show you that
and more.
>
> Chester Mealer
> Webmaster
> Rapides Parish Library
> chester@...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces <at> webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:12 PM
> To: web4lib
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] need some free design advice
>
> On 09/30/2009 04:39 PM, Sharon Foster wrote:
>> Dear Collective Brain,
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Walker, David | 1 Oct 16:06
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Re: need some free design advice

Rather than use Javascript to change the stylesheet, you can use it to directly change the background image
of the layer itself.  

Assuming the random image number and array that Graeme had, just replace the last three lines with this:

   document.getElementById('yourLayer').style.background = 'url(' + imgs[r] + ')';

. . . where 'yourLayer' is the name of your layer.  Simpler, and has the advantage of working on all browsers.

--Dave

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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: web4lib-bounces@...
[web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Graeme Williams [carryonwilliams@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:02 PM
To: web4lib
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] need some free design advice

Sharon,

It *is* possible to edit the style sheet from Javascript, although the code
appears to be browser dependent.

As an example, the following will display a randomly-chosen picture each
time the page is refreshed:
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