Kevin, If you plan on doing a lot of VDP going forward I would recommend contacting your local post office and applying for a permit number. Before you do this, if someone on your staff isn't familiar with how the bulk mail procedure works, I would try to align yourself with a mailing vendor that would be willing to help you get started. This is a lot easier than having to hand affix stamps each time you do a mailing and will also save you some money in postage if you decide to pre-sort your lists.
Here is a link from the USPS web site showing what information is necessary to apply for one: http://www.usps.com/send/postagepermitimprintsandmeters/howtoapplyforapermit touseapostagemeterforbulkmailings.htm I wouldn't worry about the first bullet on this list (contacting a postage meter manufacturer) because FP Desktop has everything you need to generate the barcodes. You will, however, need to have your list pre-sorted before you import it into Desktop. Before we had our own mailing software to do pre-sorting internally, we had a mailing vendor we sent the raw data/mailing list to. They would pre-sort the lists for us and send it back to us in .csv or tab delimited format. They would also provide us with the necessary paperwork we would need to deliver to the post office. We then used that as our data file and imported it into FP Desktop. Desktop automatically installs the barcode fonts used for POSTNET and/or Intelligent Mail barcodes on your system and there is even a JavaScript rule you can use to help generate the actual barcode. It's not a quick fix for now but this is something you might want to look into going forward. Lisa Brooks Brooks Litho & Digital Group -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:05 PM To: FusionPro Users Forum Subject: [fusionpro] New user seeks postage solution I'm a new fusion pro user. I'll be printing 3000 post cards per month for the next year and I'd like to print the postage right onto the postcards. What postage solution can you recommend? Stamps.com? I really don't want to lick stamps obviously and I don't know if the discounts from bulk mail are going to outweigh the registration and annual fees ($360 total) If I did bulk mail, I still need to print the postage on the postcards, the question is how. Does USPS give an image that you can re-use and you pay them by the piece submitted? Kevin - the newbie variable data mailer +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- FusionPro 5.0 Now Available! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- FusionPro 5.0 Now Available! Variable text on a curve and soft drop-shadows for variable text LIMITED TIME upgrade offer of $299 per license for current customers: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/upgrade New licenses available for $599 each at: http://fusionpro.printable.com/store/ All FusionPro 5.0 customers to receive FusionPro 5.1 with Adobe Acrobat 8 and InDesign CS3 support when released for FREE. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -- Users of FusionPro Desktop have unlimited free email support. Contact Printable Support at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- View FusionPro Knowledge Base, FusionPro Samples at www.printable.com/vdp/desktop.htm -- You are currently subscribed to fusionpro as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Note: All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received or otherwise recorded by the e-mail recipients of this forum. It is subject to archival, monitoring or review by, and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. Our privacy policy is posted on www.printplanet.com --
