Postalsoft® DeskTop
Release Notes
Postalsoft 7.84c includes updated
USPS postage rates. Install and
begin using 7.84c for mailings that
you’ll deposit on or after May 12,
2008.
For details, see “Installation” on
page 5 and “USPS postage rate
changes” on page 7.
DeskTop 7.84c
April 2008
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Introduction
What’s new in this release
Postalsoft 7.84c includes the updated USPS postage rates, which go into effect
May 12, 2008. See “USPS postage rate changes” on page 7.
Documentation The complete documentation set includes the following:
Postalsoft
Postalsoft DeskTop User’s Guide
Postalsoft DeskTop Text-Based Printing Guide
Online help, available within the software
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DeskTop Release Notes
To access documentation, choose Start > Programs > DeskTop. Or go to
http://support.businessobjects.com/documentation/product_guides/default.asp
USPS news The USPS changed the date that Intelligent Mail barcodes will be required for
automation discounts from January to May 2009. To learn more about Intelligent
Mail, see http://ribbs.usps.gov/OneCodeSolution/USPSIMB_QandA.pdf
.
You can print Intelligent Mail barcodes with Postalsoft's Label Toolbox.
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Introduction
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Software and directories delivery
Software and directories no longer automatically shipped on CD
Electronic Software Delivery (ESD)
Starting in June 2008, all software and directory updates will be available
only through our Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) site. CDs will not be
automatically shipped. This change allows you to have immediate access to
software updates and directories as soon as they are available.
When you use ESD, you receive software and directory files electronically, so
that you can install the software right after you download the .zip file(s).
When updated software and directories are available, Business Objects sends
you an email notification with a link to the ESD web site. Then you can go to
the ESD web site and download the software and/or directories.
ESD web site: https://businessobjects.subscribenet.com/control/bobj/login
Internet connection ESD requires a high-speed internet connection. If you don’t have internet
access set up on your system, begin the process of acquiring an internet
connection now. Contact your IT department for help.
ESD help For help with the ESD site:
• Read the FAQs on the ESD site. The FAQ link is available under
“Information” on the left side of the ESD page.
Optional shipment on CD
• Email the ESD team at e-delivery@businessobjects.com
.
• Call Customer Care at 800-877-2340 (dial 5).
If you can’t receive a particular software or directory release by ESD, you can
request a shipment on CD for a particular release by selecting “Order CD” on
the ESD web site. The ESD site does not store your request for a CD, so you
would need to do this each time software or directories are released.
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Installation
Required installation if you presort
If you prepare presorted mailings with Postalsoft, you must install this update and
use it for any mailings that you will drop on or after May 12, 2008. Make your
decision on when to install Postalsoft 7.84c based on when you will start
preparing mailings that you’ll submit on or after May 12.
Install at the appropriate time. It’s important to time the installation of
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Postalsoft 7.84c appropriately for your business. Because Postalsoft 7.84c
includes the rates that go into effect May 12, you must not use 7.84c to
prepare mailings that you’ll deposit before May 12, and you must use it to
prepare mailings that you’ll deposit on or after May 12.
Operating systems DeskTop runs on the following Windows operating systems:
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP Professional
Windows 2000
Windows Vista Professional. Postalsoft is tested on Windows Vista
Professional. Continued testing and full support for Vista Professional will
follow in the near future, but you should be able to use Postalsoft on Vista
Professional if you need to. Ensure that your printer manufacturer offers
support for your printer as well.
Install Postalsoft Before you install Postalsoft, close any open programs, especially antivirus
programs, which can interfere with installation. To install the software, you need
full administrator rights.
To install the software:
When you insert the Postalsoft program CD in your CD-ROM drive, the
installation program should start automatically. If it doesn’t, follow these steps:
1. Access your Windows Start menu and choose Run.
2. In the Run window, type x:\setup (where x is the letter of your CD-ROM
drive) and click OK.
.NET. A delay may occur while the Microsoft .NET Framework is installed.
Please be patient and allow installation to finish.
When installation is complete, the installation program restarts your computer.
Install directories Directories are now available separately from your software. To install
directories, you need full administrator rights.
To load the directories
1. Open Postalsoft and choose File > Load Directories.
2. In the Load Directories window, select the directories that you want to install.
Diversified directories include ZIP4US and other directories needed for
presorting and address correction.
Installation
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eLOT directory is used when assigning Line-of-Travel codes for carrier-
route discounts.
DPV directories are used during Delivery Point Validation processing.
DPV is required for CASS certification.
LACS
Link
directories are used during Locatable Address Conversion
System processing (converting rural route addresses to street addresses,
Link
and other types of renaming. LACS
is required for CASS
certification.
3. Click OK.
A Loading Options window appears for each directory that you chose to
install. When you finish loading one directory, the next Loading Options
window appears.
4. If you’re installing from CD, insert the corresponding directory CD as
needed. For example, when the Diversified Directory Loading Options
window appears, insert the Diversified Directory CD.
5. In the Loading Options window, specify whether you’re loading the directory
from a Downloaded File or from CD. Specify the Source Location (where
you’re loading from), the Destination Location (where you want the
directories installed to), and click Load. Repeat this step for each type of
directory that you're loading.
You can click the Browse button to search for the location that you’re loading
from and to. You can also click Skip if you do not want to load a particular
directory now.
When you load the Diversified directories, the ZIP4US directory is installed to
the destination that you specify. Other smaller directories installed with ZIP4US
are automatically installed to your default directory installation folder.
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USPS postage rate changes
New rates May 12 Updated postage rates go into effect May 12, 2008, for First Class, Standard Mail,
and Periodicals. The USPS did not introduce any sortation changes with this rate
case.
New Outside-County Limited Circulation rate for Periodicals
A new Outside-County Limited Circulation rate goes into effect for Periodicals
mail. Eligible issues of publications entitled to use this rate receive a 5 percent
discount off the total qualifying Outside-County postage excluding the postage
for advertising pounds.
Postalsoft tries to give this discount if all of the following conditions are met:
The Regular or Agriculture rate is selected.
The publication has at least one copy mailed at In-County rates.
You are mailing fewer than 5,000 copies at Outside-County rates.
In-County rates are turned on.
Changes to Postage Statements
A new box, called the Move Update method, was added to Postage Statements
3600r, 3602r and 3602n.
See also For more information about the rate-case changes, see:
Rate adjustment information at
Postal Bulletins at http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm
Federal Registers at http://ribbs.usps.gov/fedreg.html
Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) at
http://www.usps.com/prices/new-prices.htm
http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/dmm300_landing.htm
(Note: DMM will not be updated with new rate information until May 12.)
USPS postage rate changes
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