Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!wang!alecto!garyf From: garyf@wiis.wang.com (Gary Field) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Wanted: Bar code writer/creater. Message-ID: <1991Mar07.134255.3478@wiis.wang.com> Date: 7 Mar 91 13:42:55 GMT References: <163@dogmelb.dog.oz.au> <39764@cup.portal.com> Organization: Wang Laboratories, Inc. Lines: 33 Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes: > I too am interested in a bar code printer, but I'd like one that prints >those anemic bar codes used by the postal service (have you noticed how SLOW >mail has been lately? 4 days for a first class letter). > > If no one has created such a beast, then where would I find documentation >on the format of the postal service bar codes so I can roll my own? > > Julie Petersen (LadyHawke) I have been meaning to write a program to print USPS barcodes on envelopes. Your local post office can give you a manual that explains the format required for all business mail, including USPS barcodes. What I want to know is where I can get a CDROM database of ZIP+4 codes so that I can take advantage of the discount rate once I get so I can print the code on envelopes. If you get around to writing the program, please print the graphics using the Preferences driver protocol so that it will work with any printer. I'd be interested in getting a copy from you. I never seem to get around to these things myself any more :-(. /*=========================================================================== | Gary A. Field - WA1GRC | GGG A RRRR Y Y FFFFF | Wang Labs M/S 019-72B | G G A A R R Y Y F | 1 Industrial Ave | G A A R R Y Y F | Lowell, MA 01851-5161 | G GG AAAAA RRRR Y FFFFF | (508) 967-2514 | G G A A R R Y F | email: garyf@gfield.wiis.wang.com | GGGG A A R R Y F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Anything not worth doing, is not worth doing well. ============================================================================*/