The Intelligent Mail barcode is also known as USPS OneCode solution or USPS 4-State Customer Barcode (4CB, or USPS4CB).
The Intelligent Mail barcode is a 4-state barcode that consist of 65 bars. The Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode combines both ZIP Code and tracking information together and provides benefits to both mailers and postal offices.
The Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode is going to replace the POSTNET and PLANET barcodes. Business mailers using Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode is qualified to earn USPS automation discounts.
The Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode can encode up to 31-digits of mail-piece data into tracker, ascender, descender and full bar.
The Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode has 5 data fields: Barcode Identifier, Service Type Identifier, Mailer Identifier, Serial Number and Delivery Point ZIP Code.
1. The Barcode Identifier is a 2-digit number with the second digit ranging from 0 to 4. Barcode Identifier shall be assigned by USPS.
2. The Service Type Identifier is a 3-digit number assigned by USPS.
3. The Mailer or Customer Identifier shall be assigned by USPS. The Mailer is either 6-digit or 9-digit number.
4. The Serial or Sequence Number is assigned by the mailer for tracking mail pieces. The total digits of Mailer Identifier and Serial Number is always 15.
5. The Delivery Point ZIP Code may be 0, 5, 9 or 11 digits.
It's a smart and simple solution for mailers to use Barcodesoft Intelligent Mail barcode font. Mailers can print the Intelligent Mail Barcode or OneCode from Microsoft Office®.
When print at point size 12, intelligent mail barcode is supposed to meet USPS specification.
Mailers get postal savings, mail tracking visibility and higher efficiency.
How to print Intelligent Mail Barcode (OneCode) from Word
Intelligent Mail Barcode or OneCode requires a lot of calculation.
Therefore you need to use Barcodesoft Encoder to do it for you.
Type in your data in the gray box of Encoder. Then click Copy To Clipboard button.
Switch to Word and press Ctrl+V to paste. You get Intelligent Mail Barcode.
How to print Intelligent Mail Barcode (OneCode) from Excel
Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode requires checksum calculation.
Therefore you need to use our formula to encode your data.
Then apply font BcsIM to the output string. You get an intelligent mail barcode.
1. Open Excel and create a new spreadsheet. Press ALT+F11 to open Visual Basic.
2. Then click menu Tools ==> References, click Browse button and choose cruflbcs.dll from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Barcodesoft\FontUtils\ folder and click Open.
3. Press Ctrl + M, it will popup a dialog. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Barcodesoft\FontUtils\ folder,
then choose Barcodesoft.bas, then click Open.
Or you can copy and paste the following code snippet to your own VBA file for import
Function IntelligentMail(strToEncode As String) As String
Dim obj As cruflBCS.CLinear
Set obj = New cruflBCS.CLinear
IntelligentMail = obj.IM(strToEncode)
Set obj = Nothing
End Function
Close Visual Basic window and go back to your Excel spreadsheet.
Type in whatever you want to encode in Cell A1, like 123.
Go to Cell B1, type in the following macro =intelligentmail(a1)
Then apply font typeface BcsIM. You get an intelligent mail barcode.
How to print Intelligent Mail Barcode or OneCode from Access
Intelligent Mail barcode or OneCode requires checksum calculation.
Therefore you need to use our formula to encode your data.
Then apply font BcsIM to the output string. You get intelligent mail barcode.
Open Access and create a new database. Press ALT+F11 to open Visual Basic.
Then click menu Tools ==> References, click Browse button and choose cruflbcs.dll from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Barcodesoft\FontUtils\ folder and click Open.
Press Ctrl + M, it will popup a dialog. Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Barcodesoft\FontUtils\ folder,
then choose Barcodesoft.bas, then click Open.
Close Visual Basic window and go back to your Access database.
Create a new report and type in a macro in the field you want to print barcode:
=intelligentmail([TableName.FieldName])
Then apply font typeface BcsIM to this field. You get an Intelligent Mail Barcode.
Here are the nominal dimensions of BcsIM true type font characters
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Bar Height |
Bar Width |
Bar Spacing |
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Bcs4sIM |
0.125 - 0.165 inch |
0.02 inch |
0.012 - 0.04 inch |