Are there any of you all that are doing barcoding in your gifts appeals? If so, how is it done and what equipment did you have to purchase?

We do use a scanning device for the majority of our gift entry and it is amazing. When preparing for the mailing and you add the Appeal Code, you can also attach Package Codes to the Appeals. For example our March mailing has the code of 07 March Mailing. Within this mailing are several sections of the...

I barcode my reply cards and we use them for batch gift entry. It mostly increases accuracy but sometimes not so much speed of data entry - depends on the person doing the DE. It never has been slower but my DE person is quick either way. She likes the accuracy and the less she has to read fromt he reply...

Hi Melissa, we've just started doign this too and the only place I have found them to export is, unfortunately under Mail and Appeal Cards :-( Paul Sapiano American red Cross

We do use the appeal barcode. It does have some glitches and workarounds, but it is so helpful to gift entry. It's great for the mailings we send out and can add the barcode. The cost of the scanner was around $250.00. Very inexpensive for the aid in gift entry. Try it - you will like it. Renee Grayson...

I'm currently trialing the inclusion of barcode in appeal card. Currently my organisation outsources the printing of our appeal cards, so all the info is exported into a file and sent to the printer. I've only managed to get the barcode for appeal cards to appear only if the card type selected...

Can someone share with me how to set up barcoding for RE:7 if you don't have the Membership module ($4,000 for us). We want to barcode our appeal cards, labels, reminders, etc. Our rep. at BB tells us this is possible; however, support told our IT employee you could only do labels. At this point...

We use a scanner to input all of our direct mail gifts. You just need to buy a scanner (ours cost $200) and use Mail-appeal cards to export your data. You will include a barcode in the export that the mailhouse can put into a 3 of 9 font. In batch you then use the barcode which will put in the contituent...

Makiko, If you have a lazer printer your Raiser's Edge software will include gift barcodes on your appeal cards. Perhaps purchasing a high volume printer and printing your own appeal cards is an option?? BTW we are doing to try this and I would like to know which Bar code scanner you are using? Thank...

Whomever told you that was not very smart. Hope you got his or her name. I use the barcode scanner for my direct mail reply cards and we do not have the membership module. You can export the barcode from mail - appeal cards and then use the barcode on your reply cards in a 3 of 9 font. It is really easy...