USPS Horizontal Bars Barcode

Also known as USPS BRM Horizontal Bars

This Barcode Symbology is supported by the following Neodynamic products:

Overview

USPS Horizontal Bars USPS Business Reply Mail (BRM) enables you to receive First-Class Mail back from customers while paying postage only on the pieces that your customers return. You may distribute cards, envelopes, self-mailers, and other types of mailpieces as BRM.

Six basic design elements are required on a BRM piece. One of these design elements is called Horizontal Bars. To help identify your mailpiece as BRM, you must print a series of horizontal bars below the "NO POSTAGE NECESSARY" endorsement on your BRM pieces. These bars must be uniform in length, thickness, and spacing. Each bar must be at least 1 inch long and 1/16 inch to 3/16 inch thick.

There must be at least a 1/2-inch clearance between the right edge of the ZIP Code in the delivery address and the left edge of the horizontal bars. The bottom bar in the series must be above (not on or below) the top of the delivery address line - the next-to-last line in the address, just above the line with the city, state, and ZIP Code

Size and location of Horizontal Bars

Size and location of Horizontal Bars

How to create USPS Horizontal Bars using Barcode Professional for

Note: Please refer to the Class Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods stated in this document.
In order to get a USPS Horizontal Bars image, please follow these steps:
  • Set the Symbology property to UspsHorizontalBars
  • Set the UspsHorizontalBarsCount property
  • Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
    • Set the BarWidth property to a value ranging from 0.0625 to 0.1875 (Value is expressed in Inches)
    • Set the BarHeight property to 1 (Value is expressed in Inches)
    • Set the QuietZoneWidth property (Value is expressed in Inches)
    • Set the TopMargin and BottomMargin properties (Values are expressed in Inches)
Note: Please refer to the Class Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods stated in this document.
In order to get a USPS Horizontal Bars image, please follow these steps:
  • Set the Symbology property to UspsHorizontalBars
  • Set the UspsHorizontalBarsCount property
  • Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
    All values for barcode dimensions are expressed in INCHES by default. However, Barcode Professional supports other unit of measurement such as Millimeter, Centimeter, and Mils. For modifying the unit of measurement for barcoding, please set up the BarcodeUnit property as needed.
    • Set the BarWidth property to a value ranging from 0.0625 to 0.1875 (Value is expressed in Inches)
    • Set the BarHeight property to 1 (Value is expressed in Inches)
    • Set the QuietZone property (Value is expressed in Inches)

Example of USPS Horizontal Bars images

UspsHorizontalBarsCount property = 10 will produce the following barcode image for USPS Horizontal Bars:

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