Add a print server or other local print option so that slip letters can be printed locally
As it is all Resource Request Slip Letters, Transit Letters, etc., are sent to network printers through a more convoluted process than is necessary, and has caused more pain than it is worth in some departments. This could all be solved by introducing a print server or something similar so that these slips may be printed on locally connected printers as opposed to network-only printers. Instead of having emails sent to accounts that route these print jobs to appropriate printers "in theory", the option could exist to instead print to a hard-wired printer. As it stands, print jobs are hectic and random when not done manually, and when done manually the automatic jobs still end up coming out, sometimes in multiple locations, wasting time and paper and adding confusion between departments.
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Alma today supports various new print options. Alma can print letters and slips via the Online Print Queue without the need to send to an email connected printer. See here for more details: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/060Advanced_Tools/Printouts_Queue
In addition, Alma also has a local installed print deamon which can retrieve and automatically print slips and letters to a local printer. See here for more details: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/blog/how-to-set-up-and-use-the-alma-print-daemon/
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JC commented
I suggest you to try Automatic Email Manager, which can print automatically (on background) to any printer with different conditions you can set.
https://www.automatic-email-manager.com/LP-print-emails-automatically -
Lisa Millican commented
Thank you for expressing my frustration! Alma has wasted more printer paper since our 'go live' nearly one year ago than our student population probably wastes in one semester. Our library is relatively small with a second smaller location of stored books. Transit letters are not necessary to move items between these locations; we are small enough to monitor our workflow without such.