[TriLUG] Delivery Point Bar Code software

[Mark Freeze]

You may already know this but just putting a barcode on your mail does
not qualify you for any discounts on postage.  Barcodes have to be
accompained by sorting your mail per postal standards, cleansing of
addresses via a USPS certified method, traying your mail in sequence
and providing certified documentation to the mail acceptance facility.
I'm not familiar with LaTeX that Andrew mentioned but you will also
need to make sure that your postal barcode has frame bars at the
beginning and end of the barcode, and that you are correctly
calculating the check-digit for your zip code.  Also, if you are not
using a postal presorting program, how are you geting the correct DPBC
for your address?

I run a large mailroom in North Raleigh and if you need any help with
any of this other stuff email me off list at
mfreeze at accudocsolutions.com.

Regards,
Mark.


On 4/25/05, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> Hi y'all,
>   Does anyone have any experience with f/oss DPBC software?  $work
> wants to start putting the bar codes on our advertising flyers so we can
> qualify for automation rates with the post office...but I'm assuming
> $boss isn't going to want to spend $1200 on DPBC software.
> 
> Running on Windows is a necessary evil in this case; our flyer printing
> is done in Publisher (which doesn't appear to have automatic DPBC,
> unlike Word, unfortunately).  Operating on data in Excel format is
> optimal, CSV is acceptable.  Running in Cygwin is also an acceptable
> solution if Windows-native code isn't available.
> 
> Obviously if it requires buying something, then we'll either buy
> something or continue to pay the higher postal rate.  And of course I am
> googling this as well, but I thought I'd check to see if there were
> anyone who already knew of such a beast.
> 
> Thanks greatly,
> ~Brian
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