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From: wayner@ask.cs.cornell.edu (Peter Wayner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Zip+4 barcode program
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Date: 4 Feb 91 20:11:47 GMT
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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
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