The True Type font is contained in the files USPSTTFS.TTF . This font must be installed using the Windows(TM) Control Panel. Refer to your windows documentation for details on how to install True Type fonts using the Control panel.
To meet the United States Postal Service (USPS) specifications, the barcodes must be set in 16 point and the FIM pattern must be set in 72 point.
The frame bar which begins and terminates the POSTNET is generated by the keyboard character "s" or "S". The barcoding of the zipcode itself follows USPS formats for 5, 9, or 11 digit zipcode information by simply typing the numbers. The FIM patterns are obtained by typing the character of the desired pattern (either "a" "A", "b" "B", or "c" "C", for FIM A, FIM B, or FIM C respectively.)
Following are the three formats defined, and an example of the keyboard input necessary to generate the proper POSTNET. In these examples, the address PO Box 452 and zipcode 21090-0452 is used.
| Bar | ZipCode | code | Point | Character | Bar |
S 21090 0452 52 0 S
Keyboard = S210900452520S
The generation of the Correction Character is accomplished by adding the digits in the zipcode to be used (either the 5, 9, or 11 digits). The correction character is the number which must be added to this sum to produce a total which is a multiple of 10. In other words,
Correction Character = 10 - (X(mod 10)),
where X is the sum of the digits.
For example 2+1+0+9+0+0+4+5+2=23. The next highest multiple of 10 is 30. Thus, the Correction Character is 7, 30-23=7.
The generation of a Delivery Point is, generally, to append the last two digits of the address line (street address, P.O. Box, rural route, etc.) to the Zip Plus-Four zipcode number. The Correction Character is then generated on this number, i.e., sum of digits (21090045252) = 30. Thus, the Correction Character is zero (0).
However, because of the wide variation of address line numbers, such as fractional streets, letter suffix, etc., no complete rule can be given here. A publication titled "Letter Mail Barcode Update" dated May 1992 is one publication available through your postmaster which contains all rules for the generation of the delivery point.
TAZ Information Services, Inc. will be releasing a Windows(TM) based program to analyze a mailing list database or delimited ASCII file to produce a list which conforms to all USPS standardized addressing formats, including proper generation of the Delivery Point characters. For information about this product, please contact TAZ Information Services, Inc. as listed above.
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