User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS DESKTOP MAILER 7.90C RELEASE NOTES 11-2008

[. . . ] Postalsoft® DeskTop Mailer Release Notes DeskTop Mailer 7. 90c November 2008 Contact information Contact us on the Web at http://service. sap. com If you find any problem with this documentation, please report it to Business Objects in writing at documentation@businessobjects. com. Copyright Patents © 2008 Business Objects. Business Objects owns the following U. S. patents, which may cover products that are offered and licensed by Business Objects: 5, 555, 403; 5, 857, 205; 6, 289, 352; 6, 247, 008; 6, 490, 593; 6, 578, 027; 6, 831, 668; 6, 768, 986; 6, 772, 409; 6, 882, 998; 7, 139, 766; 7, 299, 419; 7, 194, 465; 7, 222, 130; 7, 181, 440 and 7, 181, 435. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Business Objects Crystal Vision, Business Process On Demand, BusinessQuery, Crystal Analysis, Crystal Applications, Crystal Decisions, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Insider, Crystal Reports, Desktop Intelligence, Inxight, the Inxight Logo, LinguistX, Star Tree, Table Lens, ThingFinder, Timewall, Let there be light, Metify, NSite, Rapid Marts, RapidMarts, the Spectrum Design, Web Intelligence, Workmail and Xcelsius are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and/or other countries of Business Objects and/or affiliated companies. [. . . ] If you have Postalsoft installed on multiple computers, make sure that you're not reusing the same numbers on each computer. For example, you could use serial numbers 19999 on computer A and numbers 10000-19999 on computer B. Entering serial number information You enter serial number information in the Intelligent Mail Information window. See "Intelligent Mail Information Window" on page 10. Intelligent Mail Information Window After you complete the presort wizard (Tools > Presort > Sort Settings), the Intelligent Mail Information window opens, where you enter information needed for producing Intelligent Mail barcodes and labels. New and updated options in the Intelligent Mail Information window: Option Description Mailer ID Type a mailer ID number directly in the Mailer ID box, or click Setup (in the drop-down list) to enter or edit mailer IDs with corresponding description, if desired, in the Mailer ID(s) window. Choose The Same Serial Number if you want to use the same serial number in the Intelligent Mail barcodes for all pieces in this mailing. Or choose Unique Serial Number if you want each mail piece in this mailing to have a unique serial number in its Intelligent Mail barcode. Create for each mail piece For details about other options in the Intelligent Mail Information window, see your online help. 10 DeskTop Release Notes Intelligent Mail Serial Number History report You can view a list of serial numbers you've used, sorted by Mailer ID, in the Intelligent Mail Serial Number History report. To produce the Intelligent Mail Serial Number History report: 1. Choose the Intelligent Mail Serial Number History report. Click Print to print the report or click Preview to view it on screen. Intelligent Mail (R) Serial Number History Report Page 1 (From 10/25/2008 to 10/31/2008) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Mailer ID 999999999 Piece Serial Numbers Serial Number Start ------------------1 10000 20001 30000 40000 Tray/Sack Serial Numbers Serial Number Start ------------------1 600 1001 2001 3001 Pallet Serial Numbers Serial Number Start ------------------1 101 Serial Number End ----------------100 200 Date ----------10/27/2008 10/28/2008 Serial Number End ----------------599 1000 2000 3000 4000 Date ----------10/27/2008 10/28/2008 10/29/2008 10/30/2008 10/31/2008 Serial Number End ----------------9999 20000 29999 39999 49999 Date ----------10/27/2008 10/28/2008 10/29/2008 10/30/2008 10/31/2008 Mail Class ---------Standard PSVC Standard Periodical First Class Serial numbers shown in the report are those that were used within double the unique period specified. For example, if you leave the default unique period set to 90, the report will show all serial numbers used within the past 180 days. Intelligent Mail 11 New Intelligent Mail barcode fields Field name Field kind The following new Intelligent Mail barcode fields are available to use: Length Description IM_BAR Intelligent Mail Barcode 65 The encoded barcode in all uppercase. You can add this field to your database layout and Postalsoft populates it with the barcode represented as DATF characters when you perform presort posting. You can also export the field for use when printing with other software. Note: The field is available for exporting even if it's not part of the layout. Example IM_BAR field: ATTFADTDTTFFDDFFDFFATDTTDFFTATFFDTAFFTFAAAFFDAADTFATDFFFTAFDFFFDA IM_BAR_AC Intelligent Mail 65 Barcode Alternating Case The encoded barcode in mixed case, which some high-end inkjet printers require. This field's even characters (the 2nd, 4th, and so on) are lowercase to shorten the length of the barcode. In Postalsoft, you can export the field for use when printing with other software. However, you cannot add this field to your database layout for posting. Example IM_BAR_AC field: AtTfAdTdTtFfDdFfDfFaTdTtDfFtAtFfDtAfFtFaAaFfDaAdTfAtDfFfTaFdFfFdA IMB_RTAUTO n/a 5 For printing container labels in Label Toolbox, this field prints the carrier route code for the pieces in carrier route direct trays. For all other trays, if the pieces within the tray are barcoded, the word "AUTO" is output. To export the Intelligent Mail barcode fields listed above: 1. Choose File > Export and choose settings as you normally would. In the Group Export window, choose Presorted Records and click Next. In the Export Presort Information window, choose the desired fields, including IM_BAR, IM_BAR_AC, and/or IMB_ADR, and click Next. Complete the export as you normally would. Adjustable barcode width Now you can adjust the width of the Intelligent Mail barcode if you're using a Windows printer driver. [. . . ] When you choose to use reduced overflow trays, you must group the mail that is going into the next tray level by destination and place it at the front of the tray. The reduced overflow tray option does not apply to origin, entry 3-digit, or scheme trays. This means that you'll have to make additional overflow origin/ entry 3-digit/scheme trays because you can't drop remaining mail to the next level. Also note that trays can't be reduced if your mail is in a 5-digit scheme tray in which the scheme contains ZIP Codes from multiple 3-digit areas. The Make Overflow Trays option To set up reduced or overflow trays: 1. [. . . ]