EJN@ornl.gov (Earl Nall) (02/05/91)
Has someone written a Macintosh shareware program to do the following? It would be very useful!! Beginning midyear personal computer software can save you money on every first-class letter you mail. The Postal Service board of governors last week approved a 27-cent public automation rate for letter envelopes that include a nine-digit (ZIP+4) ZIP code and a preapplied Postnet bar code. All other postage increases take effect February 3, but the public automation rate was delayed because the Postal Service has no 27-cent stamps and wants to teach the public about bar-coded mail. The Postal Service will have its hands full ensuring the general public understands that 27-cent stamps can be used only on prebar-coded envelopes, such as bill-remittance envelopes. But the service could save $40 million to $80 million for every 1 percent of mail that is prebarcoded, according to Postal Service documents. The service's optical scanners already generate Postnet bar codes while processing mail. It also plans to implement procedures to certify software such as Envelope Manager a $145 DOS program by PSI Associates of Palo Alto. California. Earl Nall Oak Ridge National Lab Internet: ejn@ornl.gov Bitnet: ejn@ornlstc Phone: 615/574-8689 Fax: 615/576-0099
wayner@ask.cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner) (02/05/91)
EJN@ornl.gov (Earl Nall) writes: >Has someone written a Macintosh shareware program to do the following? It >would be very useful!! >Beginning midyear personal computer software can save you money on every >first-class letter you mail. >The Postal Service board of governors last week approved a 27-cent public >automation rate for letter envelopes that include a nine-digit (ZIP+4) ZIP >code and a preapplied Postnet bar code. >All other postage increases take effect February 3, but the public >automation rate was delayed because the Postal Service has no 27-cent >stamps and wants to teach the public about bar-coded mail. >The Postal Service will have its hands full ensuring the general public >understands that 27-cent stamps can be used only on prebar-coded >envelopes, such as bill-remittance envelopes. But the service could save >$40 million to $80 million for every 1 percent of mail that is >prebarcoded, according to Postal Service documents. >The service's optical scanners already generate Postnet bar codes while >processing mail. It also plans to implement procedures to certify software >such as Envelope Manager a $145 DOS program by PSI Associates of Palo >Alto. California. If someone can point me to the information, I'll write a shareware version pretty quickly. This is easy to do. Just get me the specs. -Peter >Earl Nall >Oak Ridge National Lab >Internet: ejn@ornl.gov Bitnet: ejn@ornlstc >Phone: 615/574-8689 Fax: 615/576-0099 Peter Wayner Department of Computer Science Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY 14850 EMail:wayner@cs.cornell.edu Office: 607-255-9202 or 255-1008 Home: 116 Oak Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-277-6678
dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) (02/05/91)
I have developed a HyperCard 2.0 stack that incorporates the USPS bar code font found in the SUMEX-AIM font archives. (Credit here to the USPS Bar Code author). If you are interested, I will be looking for beta sites for this shareware soon. The stack outputs address labels which encode both ZIP and ZIP+4 codes. - David
kyt@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Kok Yong Tan) (02/06/91)
In article <11298@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) writes: >I have developed a HyperCard 2.0 stack that incorporates the USPS bar >code font found in the SUMEX-AIM font archives. (Credit here to the >USPS Bar Code author). If you are interested, I will be looking for >beta sites for this shareware soon. The stack outputs address labels >which encode both ZIP and ZIP+4 codes. - David > I'm curious, doesn't the post office want some sort of weird, large bars on the top of the envelope as well as the Zip + 4 barcodes? =============================================================================== Kok-Yong Tan can be reached at: | "Oscularis fundamentum!" InterNet: kyt@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu | - Annoyed Latin scholar CompuServe: 75046,256 | I speak for myself and disclaim all ties America Online: lallang | with regard to this message. ===============================================================================
peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) (02/07/91)
In article <1991Feb5.202741.31246@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, kyt@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Kok Yong Tan) writes: > > In article <11298@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) writes: > >I have developed a HyperCard 2.0 stack that incorporates the USPS bar > >code font found in the SUMEX-AIM font archives. (Credit here to the > >USPS Bar Code author). If you are interested, I will be looking for > >beta sites for this shareware soon. The stack outputs address labels > >which encode both ZIP and ZIP+4 codes. - David > > > > I'm curious, doesn't the post office want some sort of weird, large bars on the > top of the envelope as well as the Zip + 4 barcodes? Yes, right next to the stamp. These are used by their automatic equipment to figure out which direction is UP. InTouch, from Advanced Software, prints these bars along with the zip code barcodes. -- michael -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE
dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) (02/07/91)
I have an appointment with the Business Reply manager at my local Post Office to ask all these questions. I will post the information as soon as I get it. - David
oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster) (02/10/91)
Address Book Plus Version2, soon to be released by Power-Up Software
prints 5 and 9 digit bar codes, and the FIM, which are the large bars at the
top of the letter.
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-- David Phillip Oster - At least the government doesn't make death worse.
-- oster@well.sf.ca.us = {backbone}!well!osterech@cbnewsk.att.com (ned.horvath) (02/13/91)
From article <23070@well.sf.ca.us>, by oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster): > Address Book Plus Version2, soon to be released by Power-Up Software > prints 5 and 9 digit bar codes, and the FIM, which are the large bars at the > top of the letter. > -- > -- David Phillip Oster - At least the government doesn't make death worse. > -- oster@well.sf.ca.us = {backbone}!well!oster So does Kiwi Envelopes, shipping now at $33 from MacConnection. =Ned Horvath=