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Total Price of Items on Checkout Receipt

Total Price of Items on Checkout Receipt. Phil Shirley Cuyahoga Falls Library pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org. The Situation. Levy campaign Brian Herzog 's value calculator on web site www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org/ content/value-calculator "You saved..." on receipts at stores

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Total Price of Items on Checkout Receipt

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  1. Total Price of Items on Checkout Receipt Phil Shirley Cuyahoga Falls Library pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org

  2. The Situation • Levy campaign • Brian Herzog 's value calculator on web site • www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org/content/value-calculator • "You saved..." on receipts at stores • Wanted to show value of items at time of checkout

  3. Library Software that Can Do This • Aleph (ExLibris) • Evergreen • Koha

  4. How to Intercept Output to the Printer • Alphatronics Virtual Port Monitor ($345 site license) • alphatronics.net/AVPMon.html • Install on each PC • Create a virtual port • Send print job to a script • "Also send print job to printer?"

  5. Also on Each PC: Perl & TCL • Perl script • Looks at each print job • Passes barcode to TCL script • Saves price from TCL script • Calculates and prints total & footer • TCL Script • Given barcode, looks up price

  6. Issues • Can't get price for SearchOhio items (could make one up) • Items with no price • Have to wait at the end (staff don't always) • It still misses some items • Feature going away in next Millennium release

  7. Receipt Footer By using the library today you saved: $99.99 Thank you!

  8. Technical Complications • Print monitor calls batch file • Batch file calls VBS script • VBS script calls Perl script • Print monitor creates extra files • Logon script clears extra files

  9. DOSPrint.exe • For USB printers • Because Alphatronics VPM doesn't output to USB printers

  10. Questions? Phil Shirley Cuyahoga Falls Library pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org

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