How to enable the Print Borrower Notice Plugin
Setting up print versions of overdue notices tends to be time consuming as notices must be configured correctly and may need several edits to ensure they are displaying as you want them. Additionally, printing a bulk of notices is not always convenient or possible and can cost the library more than they want to spend. It is also not ideal if the library wants control over when the notice goes out and does not want it to be triggered for every overdue item.
An alternative is to use the Patron Overdue Notices plugin which allows the user to run a report on patrons, or one specific patron, who have overdues which will then generate a copy of the selected overdue notice that can be printed.
The drawback of using this function is that everything must be done manually as opposed to using the Notices Triggers section of Koha, where overdues go out automatically once everything has been configured correctly. Also, the notice created cannot be edited once it has been produced. Changes can only be made in the Notices & slips area of Koha, and then the plugin will need to be run again to create a new version of the notice.
Downloading the Plugin
Go to https://github.com/bywatersolutions/koha-plugin-overdue-notices-printer/releases where you will find a link to download to correct plugin as well as other general information about the plugin. Download the most recent version of the .kpz file.
Uploading Plugin to Koha
Go to Koha administration > Plugins > Manage plugins.
If plugins have been enabled on your system there will be the option to upload plugins.
If plugins have not been enabled on your system please contact Interleaf Technology directly.
Once you have clicked Upload plugin you will be taken to a new page where you will be prompted to choose a file to upload.
Upload the .kpz file from earlier.
Once this has been successfully uploaded the Patron Overdue Notices plugin will appear:
Running the report
Clicking on Actions beside the Patron Overdue Notices will create a dropdown with the option to run the report. Click Run report.
This will bring you to a new page where you must determine the parameters for the report.
There are several options for how to set the report to run.
You will be able to choose a single patron to run the report on by inserting their cardnumber or borrowernumber under the Specific patron box.
For more information on cardnumbers or borrowernumbers and how to find them, please contact Interleaf Technology or check our Support Centre, borrowernumbers.
If you want to run the report for multiple patrons you can fill out as many other options on the form as you want, limiting the search to different patron categories or libraries and/or within a date range. The only rule in such a case is not to also fill in a specific cardnumber at the same time as this will prevent the report from bringing back any results.
Finally, select a notice for the report to generate. In order for the Patron Overdue Notices Plugin to correctly display the notice it must have a printed version configured.
Configure a print notice
To do this go to Tools > Patrons and circulation > Notices & slips. Choose a notice from the list of notices, go to Edit to the right of the notice name. On the page that you are brought to choose the print box and create a notice there. Click the HTML box and hit submit.
Print Notices
Once the report parameters have been set and you have selected the correct notice to be produced, click Submit.
This will take you to a new page with the patron’s information and overdue item and the notice ready to be printed.
You can run the report for an individual patron by defining the cardnumber or borrowernumber, selecting the preferred notice and clicking Submit.
This will open a new page with details of the overdue items checked out to the patron and details of the overdue notice below:
Choose to print from your browser and the individual notices will print one per page for each patron.
| Version | Date | Detail | Author |
| 1.0 | 01/06/18 | Document created | Holly Cooper |
| 1.1 | 15/05/20 | Migrated to Zoho | Holly Cooper |
| 1.2 | 09/02/26 | Updating information for newer version of Koha | Holly Cooper |
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