How To: Use a USB scanner to add items to a purchasing document

How To: Use a USB scanner to add items to a purchasing document

If your team uses a USB laser scanner, you can quickly add items to purchasing documents by scanning barcodes instead of searching manually. This reduces data entry time and errors.

  1. Unitech USB laser scanner

Scan to add items to a purchasing document

The default scanner configuration lets you scan items into a purchasing document using the item lookup screen.

  1. Open a purchasing document.

  2. Select Add line items to open the item lookup screen.

  3. Scan the item barcode.

    • The item is automatically added to the purchasing document.


Figure: Example of the Add Line Items option in Purchase Orders 

Scan items directly into a purchasing document

You can also configure the scanner to add items directly to the purchasing document without selecting Add line items.

With this configuration, scanning a barcode automatically:

  • Opens the item lookup screen

  • Finds the item

  • Adds the item to the document

Configure direct scanning

  1. Print the configuration barcodes provided below.

  2. Scan the barcodes in order, starting with 1. Enter configuration mode and ending with 12. Exit configuration mode.

Reset the scanner

To undo this configuration, scan the Reset to defaults barcode at the top of the page.



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