Sorry to bother you, Adam, with such a stupid question. Which newsgroup =
are you monitoring and I will drop it off my list.
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message =
news:47a0c057$0$47135$892e7fe2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Claude Balls <claudeballsjr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>=20
> >Thanks for the info. Still no one has suggested an appropriate =
program.
> >Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>=20
> >Can anyone recommend a low cost automation program approved for use =
by
> >USPS that will spit out Zip+4 and bar codes for automation sorting
> >labels?
>=20
> >(Since the USPS changed requirements in 2007, Word and other basic WP
> >programs will not meet USPS requirements.)
>=20
> Wow. You really don't listen at all, do you. Word was never an
> automation program for presorted mail. Older versions of word were
> capable of generating a correct 12-digit barcode when supplied with a
> street address and ZIP+4 code. Those older versions of Word are still
> capable of generating a correct 12-digit barcode if supplied with the
> numeric equivalent. So if all you need to do is generate the damn bar
> code, USE AN OLDER VERSION OF WORD.
>=20
> Word is not now, nor has it ever been, capable of generating the newer
> 4-state barcode.
>=20
> Does it occur to you that as you've ruled out buying a commercial
> mailing application, which probably has fees of a couple thousand
> dollars a year, it's simply not cost effective for you to be =
presenting
> automation-rate mail? Just present presorted mail that doesn't require
> you to use a commercial mailing application and pay the higher postage
> fees. Or hire a mailing house since you won't learn.
>=20
> Now, when I prepare a mailing, it's automation compatible, but then, I
> understand how to prepare the mail according to standard. I cannot
> justify owning a commercial mailing application.
>=20
> In three messages, you were asked to stop all this crossposting to
> random newsgroups in which presorted mail is never discussed. It sure =
as
> hell has never been discussed in the Pagemaker newsgroup. Yes, it's a
> specialized database management application but I've never seen it
> discussed in that group either.
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