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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Zip+4 barcode program
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Date: 6 Feb 91 16:09:46 GMT
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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


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