Howdy David - The 4 state barcode is a bit of a mystery here at our post office. It is something that we are beginning to test and we were actually requested to go and teach several handlers about it at our main drop post office. I still think we are a couple of months away from putting apart as the norm. There really isn't any type of discount that we know of for using it (more than what we get now) - more like just bragging rights and kutos with your mailing guys.
http://ribbs.usps.gov/onecodesolution/ Is a great resource - especially the resource guide that is posted there. There are just tons of options that can be included into the barcode - one of interest for us is the addition of adding a sequence number upto 9 digits inside the barcode (no more putting it into the piece when needed) and tracking end to end. It isn't going to be forced to be used for a couple years yet - but because of the attractive features we wanted to get into it sooner. We are actually already using it in fusion pro - but all of the data has to be prepared before it hits fp. They have a office program set - with fonts and examples for excel and access that we have used to get us the string of characters needed to convert the what is now text characters to the new barcode font. E-mail me if you want it as an attachment. Customers that mail are interested that we have seen, the 10% that know of it, however we haven't had any requests to use / or demand as of yet. Nor does our mail programs handle it - it all has to be done outside of that process as of now. Hope that helps. ~Mark Layton O'Neil Printing -----Original Message----- From: Mark Hilger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:12 AM To: FusionPro Users Forum Subject: [fusionpro] RE: 4 state barcode - usps David, Thanks for the excellent post! We continually look at the push/pull dynamics that exist in our industry when deciding on new enhancements for our VDP, Web to Print, and now Personalized URL technology. Our goal is to deliver new enhancements to our customers that offers a high ROI, competitive advantage, and aligns our customer to fulfill the needs of their clients. OneCode is one of those enhancements that scores highly on these criteria - it has definite high ROI for a large number of our customers (especially when you consider that in the worst case scenario, our customers may lose business in the future if they cannot offer this capability at the clients' request). It also allows our customers to gain business when this is a requirement (where, perhaps, the customer is using another vendor that does not offer OneCode and this customer wants to implement it). Are any others seeing the customer request that OneCode be implemented on their mailings? Thanks again for the great post, David! --Mark Hilger Product Manager Printable Technologies, Inc. -- 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 -- -- 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 --
