US POSTAL SERVICE: U.S. Postal Service launches PC Po Postage.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 1999-US POSTAL SERVICE: U.S. Postal Service launches PC Postage (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:090899 WASHINGTON -- Today the Postal Service opened another chapter in the history of mail when it announced the nationwide availability of postage that customers can purchase and print through their personal computers.

PC Postage products that are approved by the Postal Service for development and distribution by commercial vendors produce an Information Based Indicia (IBI) -- a digitally encoded two-dimensional barcode that postal customers can print directly onto envelopes and/or address labels. Currently, four companies have products in beta test, two of which have met the criteria for commercial availability. "The Postal...