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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com> on 2014/02/20 03:41:48 UTC
Postal Bar Code Add on - US
Running Open Office (OO) 4.0.1 with all updates current up to 19 Feb 2014.
OS is Windows 7 with all updates up to 19 Feb 2014.
16 gig memory, 4 TB disk space.
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.
Thank you.
Jim McLaughlin
Re: Postal Bar Code Add on - US
Posted by Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com>.
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 <jo...@comcast.net>wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:41:48 -0800
> Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com> 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.
>
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Re: Postal Bar Code Add on - US
Posted by John Jason Jordan <jo...@comcast.net>.
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:41:48 -0800
Jim McLaughlin <jj...@gmail.com> 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.
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