RE: [IUG] Serial labels from checkin cards for CJK titles : we are getting ? ? ? ? for the title

["Nancy Heredia" <nheredia at amnh dot org>]

What we have been doing when this happens, is we add the title from the 245
to the label title field in the check in record, then change the label type
(A,B, or C)"title comes from bib record" to label type (D,E or F) "title
comes from label title field" and that has worked perfectly.  You may need
to change label types to include a note if you need the note printed on the
label from time to time, but it has resolved this issue nicely. We also use
the Okidata 320.

-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Bob Rasmussen
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 1:23 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: [IUG] Serial labels from checkin cards for CJK titles : we are
getting ? ? ? ? for the title

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Tom Baker wrote:

>
> Dear IUG,
>       In Millennium Serials, when we check in a CJK title and print a
> label, we usually see just ? ? ? ? ? for the title.  I think what is
> happening is that the machine's "attention" is being shifted down from the
> 245 to the corresponding 880, which contains the characters that represent
> the title.  Since we are using Okidata 320 Turbo printers, the printing
> program or printer has no idea what to do with the characters, so prints
> question marks.  Is my diagnosis correct?  If so, is there any way to
force
> the printer to print the 245 even if the first thing in the 245 field is
> the |6 subfield and redirection to the first 880 field?  Or, do you have
> any other suggestions as to what to do about this problem?   Is there a
> one-at-a-time, probably dot-matrix printer, that can print characters as
> well as Roman letters?

I can't address whether you can change what Mill. sends out. As to the
rest of the equation:

How are you printing your labels now? Options are:

1) Attached print, text
2) Attached print, graphics
3) System printer
4) Workstation JetDirect, via Print Wizard

Probable results for each:

1) Will never work. Your printer doesn't understand Chinese.
2) Might work, if you can choose an appropriate font, and you're using a
proper printer driver.
3) See 1).
4) Will work. Print Wizard will detect that the Chinese characters are not
in the primary font (usually Courier New, or printer specific Courier
10CPI), then find an appropriate font on your Windows machine, then make
the printer print that in graphical mode. This will also work for Russian,
Japanese, Korean, and ALL the diacritics. Arabic and Hebrew might take
some fussing around.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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