Alma: Printer Configurations for Bizzell

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Last updated: May 22, 2019
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To configure printers, you must have one of the following roles:

  • General System Administrator
  • Fulfillment Administrator

Alma is hosted in a SaaS environment. Due to security concerns and technical limitations, SaaS environments do not support direct connection of local or network printers. Instead, printing in Alma works using email. Each library/institution must define the email addresses of its local printers in Alma, which route staff-oriented, Alma-originating e-mails (including request and transit slips) to the appropriate printer.
You configure printers on the Printers page (Configuration Menu > Fulfillment > General > Printers).
Printers Page
Ensure that you are within the context of the institution/library whose printers you want to configure by selecting the required institution/library from the Configuring filter on the Configuration page.
To associate a printer with a circulation desk, you must configure the printer at the library level. Ensure that you have selected a library in the Configuring filter on the Configuration page.
Select the printer code or name headings to sort the list alphabetically—in ascending or descending order—by printer code or name.
The following actions can be performed on this page:


Adding a Printer
You can add a printer to the institution or a library. If you add a printer to the institution, it is available for all the libraries within the institution as well.
To associate a printer with a circulation desk, you must configure the printer at the library level. Ensure that you have selected a library in the Configuring filter on the Configuration page.
Ensure that the email addresses of the printers you add are configured in the Email Include List mapping table. For instructions, see Configuring Allowed Emails.
To add a printer:

  1. On the Printers page (Configuration Menu > Fulfillment > General > Printers), select Add Printer.
    # In the Add Printer dialog box, enter a code, name, and email address (all required) for the printer. Optionally, add a description as well. Add Printer Dialog Box

    # Select Add and Close to close the dialog box. The defined printer is added to the list of printers on the Printers page. Printers Page
 After defining a printer, you can specify which circulation desks and service units are served by the printer. For details, see Editing Printer Information.


Editing Printer Information
You can edit the details of any printer. The details include:

  • General printer information
  • Circulation desks and service units that are served by the printer

To edit printer information:

  1. On the Printers page (), in the Code column, select the printer code link, or select Edit from the row actions list for the specific printer record whose information you want to update. The Edit Printer page opens.
  2. Under Edit Printer, edit the general printer details as required.
    # In the Served Circulation Desks List section, select a circulation desk that is served by the printer, and select Attach Circulation Desk. The selected circulation desk is added to the list of circulation desks that are served by the printer This section displays only when you are configuring a library (that is, you have selected a library in the Configuring filter on the Configuration page.

    # Repeat the previous step for all circulation desks that are served by the printer. To remove a circulation desk from the list of circulation desks that are served by the printer, select Remove to the right of the circulation desk.

  3. In the Served Service Units List section, select the service unit that is served by the printer, and select Attach Service Unit. The selected service unit is added to the list of service units that are served by the printer.
    # Repeat the previous step for all service units that are served by the printer. To remove a service unit from the list of service units that are served by the printer, select Remove to the right of the service unit to be removed.

  4. Select Save to store your changes to the printer information.