Publication 91 - Confirmation Services Technical Guide

Confirmation Services Technical Guide
Exhibit 4-2
Changes to Barcodes to Incorporate Integrated Barcodes
The modifications include the following:
1. Change the text above the barcode to identify the service requested.
2. Change the Service Type Code in the barcode. Refer to Table B-1 in
Appendix B for the appropriate text and service-type pairing.
Insurance Barcodes
Customers wishing to use insurance alone on their shipments (without
confirmation services) are also provided with customer-printed alternative
labeling options. Mailers must not include an insurance barcode label in any
confirmation services electronic file. Service Type Codes for this category of
mail are provided for label printing purposes only in Appendix B.
Customers who choose to print their own insurance-only barcodes must
submit PS Form 109, Application to Print Special Services Barcoded
Forms/Labels, to the Postal Service. Information on PS Form 109 is included
in Publication 109, Special Services Technical Guide: Postal Forms & Labels
(Domestic Service Only), which is available at www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/
pubs/pub109.welcome.htm or at www.usps.com, keyword “Publication 109.”
Certified confirmation services mailers must make all required label
specification changes, but are not required to recertify.
Concatenated Barcodes
Concatenated barcodes may be used only with the Package Services
electronic confirmation services option for purposes of the routing discount.
However, mailers may use this barcode with Priority Mail service, but no
discount is available.
This barcode includes a routing code (destination ZIP Code). Customers
receive a discount as outlined in the DMM if they include the routing code.
24 Publication 91, September 2002