[comp.sys.mac] MacEnvelope and postage meters

gabe@ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener) (10/01/89)

This question isn't directly mac related...it's more of a postal question,
but I'm sure someone here who uses MacEnvelope will know.

I use MacEnvelope to prepare envelopes complete with Zip+4 barcodes and
FIM stripes at the top of the page.  Now the program always assumes that
you're going to put a stamp on the envelope.  But what if you're going to
meter it instead?  The postage imprint from my Pitney Bowes machine is 
long enough that it will print right over the FIM stripes at the top of the
envelope.

Does this make a difference?  Will the optical scanner still detect the FIM
even though the postmark is on top of it?  There has to be a postal reg. that
addresses this issue.  Anyone know for sure?

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