{"id":11804,"date":"2015-05-05T09:32:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T13:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/?page_id=11804"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:50:17","slug":"selfcheck-setup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/localtech\/selfcheck-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Self Check Station Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Workstation Considerations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Firefox<\/strong> and <strong>OpenKiosk<\/strong> should be installed on your workstation<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Keyboard<\/strong> is optional<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Mouse<\/strong> OR <strong>Touchscreen<\/strong> is required<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Barcode scanner<\/strong> is required.\n<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Receipt Printer<\/strong> should be installed on the workstation and set as the default printer.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Connection and Evergreen Configuration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Self Checkout URL:<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.noblenet.org\/eg\/circ\/selfcheck\/main?ws=\">https:\/\/staff.noblenet.org\/eg\/circ\/selfcheck\/main?ws=<strong><em>workstation_name<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>workstation_name<\/strong> at the end of the URL must be registered with the Evergreen server. Self Check should use a unique workstation name. You can register the selfcheck station using the staff client, or contact NOBLE to set up workstation names for your Self Check stations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Staff Login:<\/strong> A dedicated staff login should be used for Self Check. Contact NOBLE to request a dedicated staff username.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Receipt Templates:<\/strong> These are stored on the Evergreen server. For customizations to the default Self Check receipts, contact NOBLE.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Install and Configure Firefox<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The installer for Firefox is available at:\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\">http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Configure Firefox to Allow Pop-ups:\n<p>Under <strong>Tools -> Options -> Content, Uncheck Block pop-up windows<\/strong> (or add evergreen.noblenet.org under <strong>Exceptions<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Install and Configure OpenKiosk<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The installer for OpenKiosk is available from the project website:\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openkiosk.mozdevgroup.com\/\">http:\/\/openkiosk.mozdevgroup.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> It&#8217;s a good idea to print out the faq page for reference in navigating OpenKiosk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openkiosk.mozdevgroup.com\/faq.html\">http:\/\/openkiosk.mozdevgroup.com\/faq.html<\/a><\/p>\n<li>Configure as follows:\n<ul>\n<li>In <em>Settings -> Browser<\/em>, set your <strong>Self Check URL<\/strong> as the <strong>Home Page<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In <em>Sessions -> Cache<\/em>, <strong>Check Preserve Session Cookies<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In <em>Admin<\/em>, <strong>Check Allow web page printing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In <em>Customize -> Firefox preferences -> Tabs<\/em> <strong>Uncheck Opening new windows in a new tab instead<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In <em>Customize -> Firefox preferences -> Content<\/em> <strong>Uncheck Block pop-up windows<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Configure Margins and header\/footer Settings for Receipts<\/h3>\n<p>On the workstation, open the following text file in a text editor:<\/p>\n<p><strong>c:\\users\\<user>\\AppData\\<local or roaming>\\MDG\\OpenKiosk\\profiles\\xxx.default\\pref.js<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You may need to enable <strong>Show Hidden Files<\/strong> and disable <strong>Hide Protected Operating System Files<\/strong> in Folder and Search Options on the workstation in order to access this file.<\/p>\n<p>Locate the lines that pertain to your printer and edit the margin and header\/footer settings as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>user_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_edge_bottom&#8221;, 0);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_edge_left&#8221;, 0);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_edge_right&#8221;, 0);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_edge_top&#8221;, 0);<\/p>\n<p>user_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_footercenter&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_footerleft&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_footerright&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_headercenter&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_headerleft&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;);<br \/>\nuser_pref(&#8220;printer_Star_TSP650_Tear_Bar_(TSP651)_(Copy_1).print_headerright&#8221;, &#8220;&#8221;);<\/strong><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workstation Considerations Firefox and OpenKiosk should be installed on your workstation A Keyboard is optional A Mouse OR Touchscreen is required A Barcode scanner is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":675,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11804","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11804"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19341,"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11804\/revisions\/19341"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noblenet.org\/sis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}