RE: bar codes for address labels

2007-04-01 Thread William Sanders / EFG
Well, there's printing/spraying of the address label, but there's also the production of the mail piece. You put out a catalog, is it printed internally or by a 3rd party ? I worked in a Direct Mail house ages ago - most of the processes haven't changed from then till now. There are some postal

RE: bar codes for address labels

2007-03-30 Thread Bill Arnold
Jim, it's not just barcodes, but CASS processing your list to clean it up and add ZIP4 codes + PAVE processing to pre-sort addresses, print labels with barcodes and produce postage statements. I've fallen behind with these certifications, so can't offer to help now. The USPS lists vendors for

Re: bar codes for address labels

2007-03-30 Thread Kevin Cully
I thought that the USPS has a web service for address validation? In fact, I just looked and Steve Ellenoff did a presentation at FoxForward on interfacing with the USPS Web Services. He might chime in with some help. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of FoxForward 2007 foxforward.net

RE: bar codes for address labels

2007-03-30 Thread Bill Arnold
I thought that the USPS has a web service for address validation? Kevin, that's for address checking/validation, but CASS processing generates a 3553 form that is needed to obtain postage discounts for bulk mailings. Bill In fact, I just looked and Steve Ellenoff did a presentation at

RE: bar codes for address labels

2007-03-30 Thread mrgmhale
Sounds like Bill Arnold is our Go To Guy. But until he weighs in, these are the general guidelines I have been given by a USPS rep out in my neck of the woods. First, if you have a sizeable mailing you may be required to actually use bar coding whether you want to or not. Also, even if you run

RE: bar codes for address labels

2007-03-30 Thread mrgmhale
, March 30, 2007 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: bar codes for address labels Jim, it's not just barcodes, but CASS processing your list to clean it up and add ZIP4 codes + PAVE processing to pre-sort addresses, print labels with barcodes and produce postage statements. I've fallen

RE: bar codes for address labels

2007-03-30 Thread Bill Arnold
Gil, Sounds like Bill Arnold is our Go To Guy. Not really. I've been involved with just a few of the things going on with the USPS (CASS and PAVE, specifically, but they're on the shelf right now). It's a whole ball of wax, and constantly changing, so it's a speciality in it's own right.