Receipt Settings

• Hide Patron’s Barcode on Receipts. Obscures a patron’s barcode with asterisks (e.g. “ * ” ) for check in/out receipts.

• Hide Patron’s Name on Receipts. When checked, receipts will print a patron’s initials instead of their full name.

• Show Patron Phone Number on Hold Slips. When checked, a patron's phone number will be included on printed stock hold slips. You can print these slips using the dialog box that appears when a currently checked out item with an in-stock hold is bookdropped or by using the Holds subtab in the Circulation window. The item with the in-stock hold can then be set aside—slip attached—and the requesting patron contacted (via telephone) at your leisure.

• Show Site Information on Receipts. When checked, your site's name, address and contact information is included on all receipt type.

• Optional Text for Receipts. If you would like to, add text that will appear on receipts.

• Add Logo for Receipt Printer. Add a logo that will appear on receipts. The slip printer uses thermal paper that can reproduce simple images clearly. For best results, please select a very basic bi-color image for display on receipts; a black and white image with a simple, line-oriented design is preferred. The logo must be an image format (e.g. JPEG, GIF, PNG, or BMP) supported by your browser and by the Network Receipt Printer. For optimal quality, the image should have a dimension no larger than 200 pixels wide by 250 pixels high and 72 ppi.

Browser Settings 

These preferences activate the COMPanion Network Receipt Printer, which provide convenient and economical means of printing receipts for common circulation transactions such as check outs, placed holds, fines, fees, payments, and refunds.

• Use Alexandria Network Printer. Receipts for Check Outs, Check Ins, In-Stock Holds, etc., will be formatted to fit this receipt printer.

• Printer IP Address. Specify the IP address of the receipt printer.

• Always Print Receipts on Check Out. When checked, Alexandria will automatically print a receipt for every item that is checked out. This receipt contains information similar to that which is displayed when you click on the current item’s Details button. When not checked, receipts can be printed manually using the “D” or “QP” command in the Circulation window at the end of a transaction.

• Always Print Receipts on Check In. When checked, Alexandria will automatically print a receipt for every item that is checked in. This receipt contains information similar to that which is displayed when you click on the current item’s Details button. When not checked, receipts can be printed manually using the “D” command in the Circulation window at the end of a transaction.

• Always Print Receipts for Renewals. When checked, Alexandria will automatically print a receipt for every item that is renewed. This receipt contains information similar to that which is displayed when you click on the current item’s Details button. When not checked, receipts can be printed manually using the “D” command in the Circulation window at the end of a transaction.

• Number of Check Out Receipts to Print. This indicates the number of receipts that will be automatically printed on check out, check in, or renewal.

• Default is Print for In-Stock Hold Receipts. When checked, Alexandria will automatically print a receipt when an item becomes an in-stock hold.

• Number of In-Stock Hold Receipts to Print. This indicates the number of in-stock hold receipts that are automatically printed when an in-stock hold request is made.

• Default is Print for Payments and Refunds Receipts. When checked, Alexandria will automatically print receipts for payments and refunds.

• Number of Receipts for Monetary Transactions. This indicates the number of receipts that will be automatically printed for monetary transactions such as refunds and payments.

Circulation Window

• Display Patron Lexile. This is part of the Expanded Lexile Services add-on. When checked, a patron's lexile measurement is displayed (if provided in the patron Lexile tab) in the Current Patron section of the Circulation window, Alexandria Researcher, etcetera.
  
  • Read Patron Lexiles for more information.

• Display Patron Reading Level. When checked, a patron's reading level is displayed (if provided in the patron Personal Info tab) in the Current Patron section of the Circulation window, Alexandria Researcher, etcetera; for more information, please review the Reading Level field in the Personal Info tab of the Patrons Management window. If you have privacy issues concerning a patron's reading level information being displayed on the Circulation window, leave this box unchecked.

• Display Copy Condition. When checked, the copy’s condition is displayed in the Current Item pane of the Circulation window, Alexandria Researcher, etcetera; for more information, please review the copy Condition field in the Copy Info subtab of the Items Management window. Condition codes are created and maintained in the Condition Codes preferences window.

• Display Item Reading Level. When checked, the copy’s reading level will be displayed, if available. The level used will be determined by your Library's reading system.

• Display Textbook checkouts/charges in Patron Details. When checked, information on checkouts and charges from the Textbook Tracker Add-on will show on the Patron Details dialog in Circulation.

• Preferred Study Program. This drop down contains a list of Reading Study Programs your library currently uses.

Check Out Options

These settings are sometimes useful when your site has need of separate Workstations—some that only allow bookdrop and others that only allow check out. However, the Self-Service module serves these needs far better.

The Check Out Options dropdown menu allows you to change the default functionality and customize the behavior of the Check Out mode. You have three options:

• Allow check in during check out. The default selection; this option allows items belonging to the current patron to be bookdropped when the Circulation window is in Check Out mode.

• Allow check in with confirmation during check out. If selected, the program will not allow an item (or items) belonging to the current patron to be bookdropped or renewed during Check Out mode without operator confirmation.

• Don't allow check in during check out. If selected, the program will not allow items belonging to the current patron to be bookdropped or renewed when the Circulation window is in Check Out mode. For example, if you attempt to bookdrop an item that a patron currently has checked out, or you mistakenly scan the item barcode twice during the original transaction, you will be informed that boodrops aren't allowed during checkout.

Patron Alerts

These preferences configure patron alerts for overdue items, in-stock holds, and upcoming reservations; if you would like an alarm sound to occur when a patron with charges (i.e. fines) is made current, make sure the Alert When Fines Exceed setting in your Patron Check Out Policies is properly configured.

• Enable Patron Alerts on Overdue Items. When checked, an alert message and sound will occur when a patron with overdue items is made current.

• Enable Patron Alerts on In-Stock Holds. When checked, an alert message and sound will occur when a patron with available in-stock holds is made current.

• Enable Patron Alerts for Upcoming Reservations. When checked, an alert message and sound will occur when a patron with upcoming reservations is made current.