CatMe batch export

[Steve Early <early@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings in the New Year,

	I am very new to using CatMe for exporting into III.

	Prior to last week, we exported from Passport/CatMe into III via cable and 
the lantronix boxes. Each record exported from Passport produced a report 
that printed out from a thermal printer.
Occasional batch exports of up to 500 records were done via CatMe into III. 
To save us from the lengthy printout, the person exporting simply shut off 
the thermal printer.

	We now export exclusively by OCLC gateway. This is great, since we are no 
longer limited to using "export only" terminals. But one thing has changed: 
the report is now produced in an on-screen window generated after each 
export instead of onto the thermal paper.
	This means that when I batch export 100 records, that report window must 
be closed 100 times. I have attempted to have this information diverted to 
a printer. This won't work for me in CatMe (although it is supposed to) and 
when I try it from Passport, the report is still generated in an on-screen 
window in addition to being printed.
	So, in gaining more exporting versatility, we appear to have lost some 
functionality, just at the moment when batch exporting is becoming a real 
need at my library.
	Technical support at III told us that the on-screen export report cannot 
be disabled. Has any other III library found a way to bypass this problem 
(without resorting to FTS)?
	Our only solution so far is to re-activate the cable/lantronix box method.

Stephen T. Early
Cataloger
Center for Research Libraries
6050 S. Kenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL  60637
773-955-4545 ext. 326
early@xxxxxxxxxx

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