Hope someone can help

Hey guys i need your expertice once again. stay with me since this is a hard one to explain.

I was asked to do some ripcards/tickets for this launge in the city (nyc).
No big deal, simple design and all they just tickets for the door to keep trak of sales. I did the layout and send it for aproval. This is were my problem comes in.

My Friend/Client wants th tickets to be numbered. Now, I know there is a way to do this with in photoshop. How you ask? Well i have a friend that has a smal print shop here in queens (town in NYC) and i had him print some tickets for me before, and i saw him leave a space for the number in photoshop, when hi printed them, they all were numbered.

Does anyone know what im talking about, i hope i made a little sense, and if so does anyone have an idea of how to do this if possible.

Thank you in advance

I dont know the answer I am afraid. You sound proficient in Photoshop, have you tried any of the batch commands?(I'm punting in the dark really)

Now that you have my interest sparked I will have to have a look into your problem

thanxs i hope you find an answer i havent had any luck, i do know there is a scripting language that adobe uses but i have no clue how to use it or any ideas what is used for. I hope some of the guys here may have an answer. I did look into bach processing. I was able to do a action were a number in inputted in my picture but i dont know hoe to get it so the number changes everytime is printed, im really stumped here. I dont know maybe im wrong and there is no way, i wish i could ask my friend but hes currently in dominican republic. Maybe when he comes back ill ask him and then post here again. If anyone comes out with something please let me know.

Depending on your print supplier - all you have to do is leave an open space or block in your design. As the job gets printed, the printer attach a high-speed numbering machine to the end of the output line. It is just a punch-type sequential numberer.
You will have to communicate with your printer about page-size and amount of step-ups of the tickets onto the sheet-size.
This is by far the easiest way to do it (given your printer has this ability).

Yeah - if you look at most lottery tickets or bingo cards or whatever, the number is clearly put on by a different machine. You can tell that its not part of the design, and must be put on by another machine I think.

ok so i guess i was mistaken then. There is no way to do this with in photoshop? ok then i can go sleep now this thing was driving me nuts.

... and if you call Queens a town again, I'll kill you. ;)

LOL sorry Mooch, what should i call it then...

i live here and have no ide what to call it a borough? do other cities have boroughs? help me out on this one hu?

yerp, borough. Queens is bigger than cities in other states. :P

ok ok a borough it is, in the greates t city NYC, i just spend like the whole day on your site lol, it very nice man. You from queens?