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• The Postal Service will require use of the Intelligent Mail barcode to qualify for automation prices beginning May 2011. The Intelligent Mail barcode, formerly referred to as the 4-State Customer barcode, is a new Postal Service barcode used to sort and track letters and flats. The Postal Service is promoting use of the Intelligent Mail barcode because it expands the ability to track individual mailpieces and provides customers with greater visibility into the mailstream.
  
  How your mailers will benefit from the Intelligent Mail barcode. The Intelligent Mail barcode is the result of the Postal Service’s efforts to develop more robust codes capable of encoding more information, while minimizing the space used on the mailpiece. The Intelligent Mail barcode:
  
  * Has a greater overall data capacity than existing barcodes.
  * Provides mailers with more digits for their use, allowing for unique identification of up to a billion mailpieces per mailing.
  * Provides more accurate and detailed information about mailings which can enable better decision making.
  * Increases mailpiece “real estate” by eliminating the need for multiple barcodes.
  * Allows for participation in multiple USPS service programs with a single barcode.
  
  Learn at the USPS web site  https://ribbs.usps.gov/index.cfm?page=intellmailmailpieces