Defining Job Parameters - Assigning the Intelligent Mail Barcodes

1-PASS Prep (1PP) can assign an Intelligent Mail Barcodes (IMbs) when the Piece_IMB_Text has not been mapped in the input file. In order for 1PP to assign IMbs, you need to populate the Full_Service (shown above in Mailing Properties).

And in this section, the Service_Type_ID_Auto and Service_Type_ID_Non_Auto, Address_Correction_Option and IV_MTR (Informed Visibility Mail Tracking & Report) fields need to be populated. However, 1PP can auto populate STIDs and more information will be provided below.

And finally, 1PP needs the mailer ID and starting serial number to be used in assigning the IMbs, which will be discussed in Defining Job Parameters - Creating Trays and Pallets.

Mailer ID is the field name “Piece_MID” and starting serial number is the field name Piece_Starting_Serial_Number. 1PP can keep track of serial numbers by MID – more details to follow in the Creating Trays and Pallets section.

1PP will assign the STID in the barcode either based on 2 STID’s supplied (one for auto, the other for non-auto). Or it can automatically determine the STID based on whether the mailing is Full Service or Basic. You define the Address Correction method used in your presort. And if you want to participate in Informed Visibility, you can set the tracking options.

You must comment out the parameters you do not want to use by starting the line with a ‘<!- -' and ending with ‘-->’:

  • If you want to provide the STIDS, enter appropriate Auto and Non Auto STID:

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Enter STIDs

<Service_Type_ID_Auto>260</Service_Type_ID_Auto>
 <Service_Type_ID_Non_Auto>300</Service_Type_ID_Non_Auto>

ACS Short STID Table: https://postalpro.usps.com/service-type-identifiers/stidtable

Detailed STID info: https://postalpro.usps.com/address-quality/ACS/AppendixA_STID_Details

  • If you want the STID to be determined automatically:

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Let 1PP Automatically Determine STID:

<!--Service_Type_ID_Auto>260</Service_Type_ID_Auto>
<Service_Type_ID_Non_Auto>300</Service_Type_ID_Non_Auto-->

  • Populate the address correction method used in presort, see below for a table of valid address correction values:

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Enter Address Correction Method:

<Address_Correction_Option>ACS - CSR 1</Address_Correction_Option>

Spaces are supposed to be here, underscores are not used for field values.

Address Correction Values

No Address Corrections

Traditional ACS - ASR 1

Manual Corrections

Traditional ACS - ASR 2

ACS - ASR 1

Traditional ACS - CSR 1

ACS - ASR 2

Traditional ACS - CSR 2

ACS - CSR 1

Traditional ACS - RSR 2

ACS - RSR 2

Periodical ACS

ACS - TRSR 2

Traditional Periodical ACS

  • And lastly, there is the option to participate in Informed Visibility, set to either ‘true’ or ‘false’. This is used to auto-calculate the STID in the IMbs, if not overriding the STIDs.

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Informed Visibility

<IV_MTR>true</IV_MTR>

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