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Before starting, ensure you have Barcoding enabled and all barcoding settings properly set to your preferences.
1) Creating items by Scanning a Barcode
This method is most useful to users who first label all items and later create a packing list.
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Pre-print labels
The user attaches a label to each item to be inventoried
Using either an external barcode reader or the device’s own camera, the user scans the barcoded labels, which will automatically create an item in Mobi’s packing list, with the barcode scanned assigned.
The user can edit the newly created item’s details (description, dimensions, condition, etc) as needed
2) Creating un-numbered items and later assigning a barcode number to them
This method is most useful to users who first create a packing list of all items and later attach labels to the items.
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Ensuring first barcoding numbering is enabled, the user creates new items in Mobi using the “add” option
Items get created without an assigned number
The user attaches a barcoded label to an item
The user selects the item on the packing list
The user clicks on “assign Barcode” option for the selected item
Using either an external barcode reader or the device’s own camera, the user can scan the barcoded labels, which will automatically assign the scanned barcode to the selected item.
3) Creating items the traditional way and printing their respective labels as a last step.
Most useful to users who have a portable printer and only need the barcodes for completing a checkoff.
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