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Mailpiece Analysis Tools

To facilitate on going automation efforts and improve mailing economy, the United States Postal Service ® has mandated the use of mailpiece barcodes for discount-eligible First Class™ and Standard Mail jobs. However, these codes must meet certain specifications.

If barcodes fail testing at a USPS facility, mailers may forfeit their postal discounts and the resulting losses can be significant. That makes ensuring barcode accuracy essential, and makes products like the Gage-Line ® Analysis Tools a wise investment for any efficiency-minded mailing professional.

Mailers need to be savvy and proactive when it comes to meeting the latest postal regulations. These useful quality-control tools will provide end users with significant piece of mind at a modest price.


GAGE-LINE®
Mailpiece Analysis Tools

  Cat. No. DESCRIPTION FUNCTION
20X Microscope
111392 20X Microscope with Reticle
showing scale with .001 inch increments
For analyzing variable barcode discrepancies of high magnifications
20X Microscope (PDF - 90kb)
Tilt-Gage 100702 TILT-GAGE© For manually checking:
- Combined bar & barcode tilt
relative to bottom edge of mailpiece
- Individual bar & barcode tilt
- Address block tilt
TILT-Gage (PDF - 130kb)
2D Barcode Imager 100502 2D Barcode Imager For decoding, imaging and rudimentary inspection of Postnet and Intelligent Mail® Barcodes
2D Barcode Imager (PDF - 347kb)
 Optical Barcode Decoder   Optical Barcode Decoder For manually decoding Postnet Barcodes
Optical Barcode Decoder
Image Inspector  100648 IMAGE INSPECTOR© For analyzing & dimensionally verifying barcode image
IMAGE INSPECTOR
Gage-Line Solutions 100XXX B & L EYE PIECE Loupe 10X Magnifier
B & L EYE PIECE

 

 

 


Optical ComparatorGage-Line® 6X Optical Comparator Barcode Analysis Tool

This precision handheld Optical Comparator Reticle device allows on-the-fly scrutiny of USPS® Intelligent mail® and Postnet barcodes, for greater mailpiece delivery efficiency.

The Gage-Line® 6X Optical Comparator aids in on-the-spot analysis of the overall quality of the postal barcodes.

Each handheld Optical Comparator features a barcode-specific optical reticle magnified by a 6X comparator eyepiece and illuminated with a battery-operated LED light source.

Using these compact devices, mailers can visually determine whether a barcode meets USPS requirements or, if not, where within the barcode the disqualifying problem may lie.

The following table lists the various models available.

 

  Cat. No. DESCRIPTION FUNCTION
Optical Comparator 100700 Optical Comparator w/ reticle, Leather Case, Illuminator & Instructions For analyzing Intelligent Mail® Barcode on letter size mail (Formally 4-State CB)
UPSP Intelligent Mail (PDF - 28kb)
Optical Comparator 100046 Optical Comparator w/ reticle, Leather Case, Illuminator & Instructions For analyzing Postnet Barcode on letter size mail, and flat mail
Postnet Barcode Tolerances (PDF - 131kb)
Optical Comparator 100045 Optical Comparator w/ reticle, Leather Case, Illuminator & Instructions For analyzing Postnet Barcodes on flat size mail only
Postnet Barcode Tolerances for Flat-Size Mail (PDF - 125kb)
Optical Comparator 100360 Optical Comparator w/ reticle, Leather Case, Illuminator & Instructions Address Printing, Guidelines for OCR readability
Address Printing Guidelines for OCR Readability (PDF - 150kb)
Optical Comparator 100359 Optical Comparator w/ reticle, Leather Case, Illuminator & Instructions ANSI Guidelines for OCR Print Quality OCR-A (english size-1 range-Y)
ANSI Guidelines for OCR Print Quality (PDF - 506kb)
Optical Comparator 100068 Optical Comparator w/ reticle, Leather Case, Illuminator & Instructions For checking bar pitchs of 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 bars per inch. A half inch scale is included.
USPS Bars/Inch Gage (PDF - 126kb)


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