IM®pb Resources

If you operate an IJ- or WJ-series mailing system, the following requirements are in effect as of January 26, 2014:

• At a minimum, every commercial parcel to which you are not already adding another Extra Service label (e.g. Signature Confirmation, Certified Mail) must bear a USPS Tracking Label 400 (see sidebar).
• If you process your mail for pickup from the mailroom or for deposit into a USPS mail box, an IMpb-compliant package tracking barcode must be affixed to your commercial parcels or pick-up may be rejected. Customers who process postage payment through postage meters are exempt from the public requirement to present packages and parcels weighing more than 13 ounces at a Post Office retail service counter. Metered parcels may be dropped in a mail box or picked up by a postal carrier.
• You may also bring your parcels to a local Post Office or Postal Unit retail counter to have a clerk generate and print an IMpb barcode that the clerk will place on your package.

If you operate a Neopost IJ-70, IJ-80, IJ-90 or IJ-110 mailing system or WJ150, WJ185, WJ220 or WJ250 mailing system that is capable of processing Extra Services at a discounted electronic rate, the following requirements are in effect as of January 26, 2014:

• At a minimum, every commercial parcel to which you are not already adding another Extra Service label (e.g. Signature Confirmation, Certified Mail) must bear at least an eDelivery Confirmation or USPS Tracking Label 400 (see sidebar above).
• As an alternative to processing eDelivery Confirmation labels through your mailing system, you may, at your discretion, affix a pre-printed USPS Tracking Label 400 to any parcel to which you are not already adding eSignature Confirmation, or eCertified Mail.
• Should you choose to affix a USPS Tracking Label 400 barcode, keep in mind that the barcode will NOT scan into your mailing system and that delivery tracking of your parcel will not be available online on myNeopost.
• If you process your mail for pickup from the mailroom or for deposit into a USPS mail box, an IMpb-compliant package tracking barcode must be affixed to your commercial parcels or pick-up may be rejected. Customers who process postage payment through postage meters are exempt from the public requirement to present packages and parcels weighing more than 13 ounces at a Post Office retail service counter. Metered parcels may be dropped in a mail box or picked up by a postal carrier.
• You may, at your discretion, bring your parcels to a local Post Office or Postal Unit retail counter to have a clerk generate and print an IMpb barcode that the clerk will place on your package.

If you operate an IS-, IM-, IH- or IN-series mailing system, the following requirements are in effect as of January 26, 2014:

• If you process your mail for pickup from the mailroom or for deposit into a USPS mail box, an IMpb-compliant package tracking barcode must be affixed to your commercial parcels or pick-up may be rejected. Customers who process postage payment through postage meters are exempt from the public requirement to present packages and parcels weighing more than 13 ounces at a Post Office retail service counter. Metered parcels may be dropped in a mail box or picked up by a postal carrier.
• You may, at your discretion, bring your parcels to a local Post Office or Postal Unit retail counter to have a clerk generate and print an IMpb barcode that the clerk will place on your package. Regardless of whether you also include the fees for Extra Services (if any), so long as you affix a meter tape for the full value of the postage due for shipment of the parcel, the Post Office will honor the lower Commercial Base Price rather than the Retail Rate that would normally apply for parcels presented at a Post Office or CPU retail counter.

If you operate a Neopost IS- or IN-series mailing system, or a Hasler IM- or IH/IN-series mailing system, and also process Extra Services at a discounted electronic rate using your mailing system to upload tracking data electronically, the following requirements are in effect as of January 26, 2014:

• As an alternative to processing eDelivery Confirmation labels through your mailing system, you may, at your discretion, affix a pre-printed USPS Tracking Label 400 to any parcel to which you are not already adding eSignature Confirmation, eCertified Mail, or eCertified Mail with electronic Return Receipt.
• Should you choose to affix a USPS Tracking Label 400 barcode, keep in mind that the barcode will NOT scan into your mailing system and that delivery tracking of your parcel will not be available online on myNeopost?
• If you process your mail for pickup from the mailroom or for deposit into a USPS mail box, an IMpb-compliant package tracking barcode must be affixed to your commercial parcels or pick-up may be rejected.
• You may, at your discretion, bring your parcels to a local Post Office or Postal Unit retail counter to have a clerk generate and print an IMpb barcode that the clerk will place on your package. Regardless of whether you also include the fees for Extra Services (if any), so long as you affix a meter tape for the full value of the postage due for shipment of the parcel, the Post Office will honor the lower Commercial Base Price rather than the Retail Rate that would normally apply for parcels presented at a Post Office or CPU retail counter.

If you operate an iMCM G2 or EMS software package in combination with your Quadient IS- or IN-series mailing system, your iMCM G2 or EMS software will (a) automatically generate and print a fully compliant IMpb shipping label with a barcode that incorporates the required destination ZIP code; and (b) electronically upload the associated data to the Postal Service.