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DMM Revision: New Automation Requirements for Detached Addressed Labels

Effective March 2, 2009, we are revising Mailing Stan­dards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), to require detached address labels (DALs) to be automation-compatible and have a correct delivery point POSTNET™ barcode or Intelligent Mail® barcode with an 11-digit routing code when used with saturation mailings of Periodicals or Standard Mail® flats.

Automation-compatible and barcoded DALs may be processed in a manner that is more consistent with today’s operating environment. We suggest that mailers work with their local Postal Service™ mailpiece design analyst (MDA) to ensure all DALs accompanying saturation mailings of Periodicals or Standard Mail flats meet the new standards.

Saturation flats mailings presented with DALs that do not meet automation-compatible and barcoded standards will not qualify for saturation prices. Instead they may be entered at the Periodicals basic carrier route price or the Standard Mail basic Enhanced Carrier Route price. This requirement does not apply to DALs with simplified addresses.

We will include these revisions in the March update of the online DMM on Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com and in the next printed edition on the DMM.

— Mailing Standards,
Pricing, 2-26-09




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