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Start a job and print labels at the Recording Terminal

The Recording Terminal is the tablet at the machine. The operator uses it to start the job, change its status and print the bag labels. The buttons are big so they are easy to press with gloves on.

Quick steps

  1. Production → Recording Terminal
  2. Press your machine
  3. Press START
  4. Press Print label
  5. Type the bag no. from and to, check the printer, then press Print

1. Open the Recording Terminal​

In the menu, open Production and press Recording Terminal.

Production menu with Recording Terminal

2. Choose your machine​

Every machine is a big tile. A machine with a job waiting shows Waiting to start and the work order number. Press your machine.

Machine tiles: ATP-01 waiting to start

The tablet remembers the machine, so next time it opens straight on it. Press ‹ at the top to choose another one.

3. Start the job​

Check the work order number and the item, then press the big green START.

The next job with the START button

If the mould still has to be set up, press Setup first instead, then Running when the machine is ready.

4. Press Print label​

When the job is running, the status buttons show Running in green. Press Print label.

The running job with the Print label button

The other buttons, for later lessons: Paused, Down and QC hold change the machine status, Complete finishes the job, End of shift records the output, and Scan bag reads a printed label.

5. Check and print​

A window opens with the label already filled in from the work order.

Print labels window: label, bag no., quantity, weight, printer, Print

  1. Label: the bag label design. Normally there is only one to choose.
  2. Bag no.: a running number, from and to. Type 1 to 5 and MES prints 5 labels, bag 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, each with its own number. The grey line under it shows the last bag printed so far, so next time start from the number after it.
  3. Quantity, Weight and Operator come from the work order and your account. Check them.
  4. Copies each: how many of each bag's label (normally 1).
  5. Printer: choose the label printer at your line.
  6. Press Print. The button says how many labels will come out (here Print 5 labels).

A green message at the bottom of the screen confirms the label was sent to the printer.

Label did not come out?

Check that the printer is on and has labels, then press Print label again. Every printed label is recorded on the work order, so a supervisor can see what was printed. Never write a bag number by hand.

Next: when the job is finished, complete it.

Practise

On machine ATP-02, start the work order you created in the last guide and print the labels for bags 1 to 5.