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From: EJN@ornl.gov (Earl Nall)
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Subject: Zip+4 barcode program
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.175747.26303@cs.utk.edu>
Date: 4 Feb 91 17:57:47 GMT
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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
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