Mr. Jordan - Thank you for the information.
I had never thought of that with respect to the USPS. Back when I used the WP 8 feature, it seemed that mail with the barcode for the nine digit zip did result in a one full day faster delivery. There was once upon a time before I retired as the Secretary of a hobby group that I did have 800 or so pieces of mail to send as business or bulk rate stuff. But that was probably 15 - 20 years ago. The fellow who is now performing that function for the group posts it to our websiter and E mail the stuff. Still, I will miss the bar code for the 9 digit zip on the envelopes / mailing labels. Some how, it just looks better, more complete and professional, with the bar code for trhe 9 digit zip. Thank you again for the information. I guess my age is showing. Jim McLaughlin On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:10 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:41:48 -0800 > Jim McLaughlin <[email protected]> dijo: > > >Long ago I used Word Perfect 8.0 which had a built in feature for > >adding a US postal service > >bar code either below the typed Postal Zip Code, or atop the first > >line of the address, when printing either shipping labels or standard > >business size envelopes. It was a very useful feature. > > > >I have looked in vain for an analogous feature within OO 4.0.1, but > >not yet been able to locate one, either within OO, or as an Add On or > >Plug in. > > > >Can anyone here direct me to such a feature, either native to OO, or > >as an add on or plug in. > > I used to use that feature in WP also, but then I discovered it was > useless for me. One day a customer came in holding a letter that I had > mailed her with my barcode on her address, and the post office had > sprayed their own barcode on the envelope as well. The barcodes were > identical, so it made me curious. > > I called the post office and discovered that they automatically spray > their barcode on all mail, whether it comes in with a barcode already > on it or not. The exception is large mailings that go through the > Business Mail Unit, i.e., bulk mail and presorted mail. If I recall > correctly you must mail at least 500 pieces at a time to use the BMU. > For the rest of us, putting the barcode on the envelope is pointless. > > The post office has astonishingly good scanners that read the address > printed on the mail, calculate the barcode, and spray it on, and at a > speed that would leave you speechless. Humans are used only for mail > that the automated equipment kicks out. Since the post office scans it > anyway, my mail just needs a clearly printed address on it to ensure > that the scanner can read it accurately, and an address that conforms > to postal standards. > > As for whether LO/OO can put a barcode on the envelope, I don't know > because I stopped trying to do it years ago. > > ------------------------------------------- > List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
