HELP WITH BULK MAILING

HIM offers a label-printing program which will sort the addresses according to the USPS requirements. The program, called the HZB Bulk-mail Label Printer", can import addresses from other programs which do not have the sorting capability.

The program is available to mission organizations and missionaries and churches without charge from Helps International Ministries, Computer Ministry, 31 Addis Drive, Greenville, SC 29617. Phone (864)834-0272, or send an email request or Download it (free).

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BULK-MAIL LABEL PRINTING PROGRAM

HIM offers software which will sort addresses and print labels according to the US Post Office guidelines. The program, called the HZB Bulk-mail Label Printer, can import addresses from programs which do not have the sorting capability. The program is available to mission organizations and missionaries and churches without charge
Download it (free) (about 500 KB) or let us send it to you on floppy disks (see contact information below). For PC's. Windows or DOS.
NOTE: After downloading the file to an empty directory, change to that directory and run LBLPRZIP.EXE, which will self-extract its components. Then,in that directory, run INSTALL.BAT. Run HZB and select HP (Help) to read the instructions.

The HZB BULK-MAIL LABEL PRINTER

     To qualify for the lowest bulk-mail rates, mail must
be 'automation compatible'. For Standard rates, it can be
"machinable".

     AUTOMATION. Every address must be viable according to
the USPS database, with documentation certifying that the 
list has been corrected according to CASS specifications
within the past six months, and the pieces must contain 
the 'postnet' barcode.
     The HZB program integrates 'Postage$aver' to sort and
to produce the necessary documentation for Automation 
compatible mail. If you wish to use this feature, you need 
to register with 'Postage$aver' (this costs about $45).
     Automation-compatible labels can be printed with barcodes 
using MS Word or another graphics-printing merge program. 

     MACHINABLE. Rubber-banding is not used, but the addresses
must be machine-readable, be sorted according to AADC,
and be certifed to have been corrected according to CASS 
specifications within the past twelve months. Barcodes are 
not necessary. 
     Non-automation labels can be printed directly from HZB.

     BATCHED. In this optional mode, pieces are sorted into batches according to 
zip code and ADC. The first label in a batch is identified with a batch-mark:
	D - Direct (10 or more pieces to a certain 5-digit zip code)
	3 - Zip center (10 or more pieces to a 3-digit zip center)
	A - ADC (10 or more pieces to a certain Area Distribution Center)
	M - Mixed (no particular grouping)
     The HZB batch sort produces an OEL (Optional Endorsement Line). 
     Addresses can be imported from other systems and then 
sorted into batches. A report of the number of pieces in each 
batch can be viewed or printed.

OPERATION
	 
      The default format expected for the imported file is a comma-
delimited ASCII file named "Zip2sort.txt" with each address ending 
with a carriage-return/line-feed, containing these fields:
	 
1- Name
2- Name line 2 (or Address line or blank)
3- Address line (or blank)
4- City
5- State
6- Zip code
7- Country (or blank)
	 
     Other input formats can be used by changing the parameters 
of the Importer program and the input-format (.xfr) file.
HELPS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES
HPG Software
31 Addis Drive, Greenville, SC 29617

For a free demo, technical help, or for further information contact:

Roger W. Johnson, HPG Software
Helps Int'l Ministries
Phone 864-834-0272
Or click to send email
Revised 2-17-04