Transcript Document

Migrating to IMBs the easy way
John Lynch – Director of Development
Alan Montague – Senior Trainer
Pitney Bowes Software
Overview
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Intelligent Mail Barcodes
• What are they
• Why do we need them
• When do we need them
• What is in them
StreamWeaver and IMBs
• How to add an IMB using StreamWeaver
• How to migrate from PostNet to IMB
HANDS ON TIME!
IMB – What are they
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The Intelligent Mail Barcode is made up of 65 bars
The value encoded in an IMB is made up of 31 characters
The 31 characters are converted into the 65 bars using a
complex algorithm specified by the USPS
Each bar is either a Full Bar, an Ascender, A Decender or a
Tracker
Intelligent Mail Barcode
IMB – What is in them
POSTNET™ barcode
Intelligent Mail® Barcode
Jane Doe
“700” First-Class Mail
6449 Amberview Ct
“702” Standard
Optional
Endorsement
Memphis, TN 38141Mailer Assigned
“704”
Periodicals
Line: “706” Bound Printer
8346
“000235”
USPS Assigned
“50” Mixed ADCMatter
“900000066”
Barcode Service Type
ID
Mailer ID
Serial Number
Delivery Point ZIP
IMB - When do we need them
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Today
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POSTNET
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Intelligent Mail Barcodes (optional)
May 2009
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Intelligent Mail Barcodes: “Basic”, “Full Service”
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POSTNET
May 2010
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Intelligent Mail Barcodes
Source USPS Intelligent Mail Symposium March 2008
StreamWeaver and IMBs
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StreamWeaver has supported 4-State style barcodes for
many years
StreamWeaver has included support for the USPS 4-State
algorithm since the 6.3.0 release in 2006
The 6.4 release will include a new <ADDTYPE> and a new
function both specifically aimed for the IMB and it’s
specifications
StreamWeaver and IMBs
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Setting up the Data
START:
%%4sBci
= "00"
%%4sSer
= "700"
%%4sMid
= "123456" // MailerID could be 9
DOCUMENT:
%%4-State-Val = //if Mailer ID is 9 digits
//then below is 6 zeroes
%%4sBci | %%4sSer | %%4sMid | "000000000" |
Substr(%%POSTNET,2,11),US
%%The4state = FourState(%%4-State-Val)
StreamWeaver and IMBs
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Setting up the Data
START:
%%4sBci
= "00"
%%4sSer
= "700"
%%4sMid
= "123456" // MailerID could be 9
DOCUMENT:
%%IMB-Val = //if Mailer ID is 9 then below is 6
%%4sBci | %%4sSer | %%4sMid | "000000000" |
Substr(%%POSTNET,2,11),US
%%IMB = IMB(%%IMB-Val)
StreamWeaver and IMBs
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Adding the Barcode
<ADD>
<addtype> 4STATE
<addpart> %%The4state 65 L ' '
<bars> 0.55 0.65 MM
<height> 4.2 MM
<orient> 1
<position> 755.0 4850.0 PELS
<tracker> 1.1 MM
</ADD>
StreamWeaver and IMBs
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Adding the Barcode
<ADD>
<addtype> IMB
<addpart> %%IMB 65 L ' '
<bars> 0.55 0.65 MM
<height> 4.2 MM
<orient> 1
<position> 755.0 4850.0 PELS
<tracker> 1.1 MM
</ADD>
Converting TADF format data into 0,1,2,3
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If you are using an external routine to create your IMB that
give the value using the TADF (tracker, ascender,
descender, full) format then you can convert that to the 0, 1 ,
2, 3 format using the Translate Function
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%%TADF =“AAFATFAAFFFDDFDAAFADTFAFDA……….”
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%%IMB =TRANSLATE(%%TADF, 'FADT', '0123')
Migrating from PostNet to IMB
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We examine 3 scenarios here
1. You are currently using StreamWeaver to add a
PostNet and now want to instead use it to add an IMB
2. You currently have a font based PostNet barcode in
your printstream and want to replace this with an IMB
3. You currently have a drawn PostNet barcode in your
printstream and want to replace this with an IMB
Scenario 1 StreamWeaver added PostNet
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Add code outlined previously to Rules
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Remove the <ADD> Tag group for the PostNet barcode
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Add in an <ADD> tag group for the IMB as outlined
previously
Scenario 2 Font Based PostNet
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Identify the font used using the Data Viewer in VE
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Create fields for the data, Using Action Parameter D
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Pull out the PostNet value from the field
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Add code outlined previously to Rules
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Add in an <ADD> tag group for the IMB as outlined
previously
Scenario 3 Drawn PostNet
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Most Document composition tools place a drawn barcode as a
separate record or records.
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Create fields for the data, Using Action Parameter D
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If the value of the PostNet can be passed into the data as some
sort of comment record then use this. If not you will need to CASS
cleanse the address to obtain the PostNet value
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Add code outlined previously to Rules
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Add in an <ADD> tag group for the IMB as outlined previously
Questions
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Any Questions before you do
this yourselves?
Hands On Lab
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Pick a Scenario
Note all files are in D:\SWCC08\
Scenario
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Description
StreamWeaver
added PostNet
Font Based
PostNet
Drawn PostNet
Input file
\scenario1.afp
\scenario2.afp
\scenario3.afp
‘Old’
Control File
\scenario1.con
\scenario2.con
\scenario3.con
Thank You
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Any further questions can be addressed to John or Alan
• [email protected]
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Other StreamWeaver Session
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