Barcodes for Job Names

If the customer wants to use barcodes to indicate the start of a new job (for example for manual machines) a job number barcode is required. To do this, you can print a single barcode with a start job code followed by the actual job number or use two separate barcodes, one to mean start job and the other one could be on the customer's own paperwork (the customer's paperwork does not have to use the same type of barcode).

Setup the MAXJS message in DNC-Max (see More Advanced Messages - Job Number) for individual jobs and print a single barcode for each job needed as follows:

Sample barcode for new job,
where 123456 is the job number.

This is only useful if the customer is running a small number of specific jobs on a machine (manual presses for example).

In general it is more useful to print a separate barcode that means job start and then scan the customer's own paperwork for the actual job number.

Setup the MAXJS message in DNC-Max (see More Advanced Messages - Job Number) which waits for a second scan and print a single job start barcode:

Scan this barcode and then scan Job No.

This will send the JOBSTART message and, as long as the operator scans the relevant paperwork within 10 seconds, the job number is extracted from the second scan.

See Appendix B - Example Barcodes for an example barcode sheet.