RE: Barcodes on Packing Slips

["Greg Novak, Momentum" <gnovak@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Tom,

As others have suggested, it can be difficult to justify buying another
application when you have a single need.  The questions to ask yourself
(company) are (a) what is the cost of doing yourself vs the application;
(b) what new hardware do I need - ie do you have an IPDS printer
available? (c) what can a new application do beyond the immediate need;
and (d) whether the additional functionality is something you are
interested in.

The Mapics application module JacanaForms includes the Packing List and
all other standard business forms and allows you to easily customize to
samples to add the necessary bar codes.  The printing can be
conditionally controlled so that customers who do not "request"
barcoding will not get the barcodes.  The additional advantages of
electronic forms are the improved look of the form, getting away from
impact printing with misaligned forms, special forms paper, printing
your own logo and graphics on plain laser paper.  The forms can be print
on any HP (PCL) or PostScript compatible printer, eliminating the need
for special IPDS capabilities.

You can very easily convert all of your pre-printed forms and be up and
running with a whole new look within days.  This is a perfect
opportunity to take a look at your overall printing strategies.  Plus
you can plan for the future with fax and email interfaces.

Momentum Utilities is the developer of the JacanaForms application.  If
you are interested, please contact your Mapics affiliate or reply to me
offline.

Regards,
Gregory Novak
Manager North American Technical Services
Momentum Utilities Pty Ltd
(630) 985-1736
gnovak@jacana.com
www.jacana.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wood [mailto:TomW@fortrecoveryindustries.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:41 AM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Barcodes on Packing Slips



Thanks guys, I'm looking at both options right now.  For the immediate
fix, I agree.  Not interested in a lot more cost & overhead to address
this particular need.

Thanks for the quick responses everyone.

-----Original Message-----
From: Walker, Dale [mailto:DWalker@automaticproducts.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:34 AM
To: 'mapics-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Barcodes on Packing Slips

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As Greg said it is a quite simple change to the printer file in order to

print barcodes on an IPDS printer.  If this is the only barcode
requirement
that you need to meet right now I certainly wouldn't recommend
purchasing
ANY package at ANY price.

Dale Walker
Gross-Given Mfg. Co. and Automatic Products Intn'l
www.automaticproducts.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wenzloff [mailto:GWenzloff@beckmfg.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:34 AM
To: 'mapics-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Barcodes on Packing Slips

Did you consider changing the DDS of the printer file to print the bar
codes?  Why buy software when you can cook your own.

Greg Wenzloff
Beck Manufacturing


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wood [mailto:TomW@fortrecoveryindustries.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:50 AM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: Barcodes on Packing Slips


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We recently had a customer request (require) barcodes on our packing
slips.  They require barcodes on item number, po, supplier no. and
quantity.  Any ideas on the quickest and most economical way to do this
within MAPICS?



Thanks.



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