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Postalsoft Desktop Mailer by Business Objects (formerly FirstLogic)

Postalsoft Desktop Mailer and Business Edition by Business Objects (formerly FirstLogic) offer both affordable and enterprise-level software solutions for mailers.  See Comparison Chart below for more information.

No matter what the size of your operations, Business Objects (formerly FirstLogic) offers a Postalsoft mail automation solution that can be precisely tailored to improve your mailing efficiency and save you money. Their mailing software is consistently in full compliance with postal authority standards and is fully Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS)/Presort Accuracy Validation and Evaluation (PAVE*)-Certified.

NEW - NCOALink: With the Extended Services in Postalsoft Desktop Mailer or Business Edition, you can easily send your data over the new and update address data seamlessly.

Postalsoft DeskTop Mailer®

DeskTop Mailer (DTM) combines the following features into one affordable package:

  • address correction and standardization
  • database management
  • merge/purge processing
  • presorting
  • custom printing options  

DTM offers discounts for multiple year and multiple user pricing.  There are add-on options available for purchase. More Information: 800-854-8324

Postalsoft DeskTop Mailer:  $2995 
1-Year Subscription & Maintenance

For Windows 98/2000/NT/ME/XP

The FTI Difference


Postalsoft Business Edition®

Current DeskTop Mailer users can upgrade to Business Edition.

  • Enhancement to Drop Ship Option - Summary of Postage Statement & 8125

  • NCOALinkTM Interface - Chargeable option

    • Ability to connect multiple PCs to one black box with the multi-user license

    • Will give NCOA Link to any user that has current maintenance on this when NCOA Link is released

  • Geocoding

    • Tiger Data Files

    • Lat, Long, FIPS Code in one pass with ACE

    • With this option, selection criteria will allow for donut selection (Within X Miles, Beyond X miles, or Between X and X miles)

    • Also includes multiple center point selections

Business Edition, a part of the Postalsoft suite of mail automation solutions, meets U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mailing regulations to give you maximum postage discounts,
and fast and accurate delivery of your mail.

Business Edition combines address correction and standardization, database management, merge/purge processing, presorting, custom-printing options, and other valuable features into one affordable package. 

Business Edition Users can also add the following options:

  • Package Services Bound Printed Matter
    Business Edition allows you to quickly and accurately prepare mail for First Class, Periodicals, and Standard classes of mail. The software now also offers the option of preparing your Package Services Bound Printed Matter mail. With this option, you’ll have the ability to:

    • Prepare bound printed material (1-15 lbs.) for mailing using an automated solution

    • Meet necessary requirements for preparing this type of mail

    • Save preparation time and money on postage

  • Pallet Preparation
    Business Edition offers a pallet preparation option that
    allows you to prepare packages on pallets for Periodicals
    (automated and non-automated flats) and packages and
    letter trays on pallets for Standard Mail (automated and
    non-automated flats; automated and non-automated
    letters).  You can also prepare packages and machinable
    parcels on pallets for Package Services Bound Printed
    Matter (non-automated flats and machinable parcels).  With the pallet preparation option, you’ll benefit from:

    • Decreased handling of containers

    • Increased time savings and mail flow efficiency

    • Easier transportation to the post office

    • Reduced damage to mail pieces during delivery

    • USPS mailing statements and pallet placards, ready to print and sign

  • Creation of Mail.dat files
    The Mail.dat file set is an electronic compilation of information that summarizes all the variable data about your individual mail pieces or your entire mailing.  Access to this information provides several benefits for your organization.  Business Edition now offers the option to create this file set for you automatically. By using Business Edition to produce Mail.dat files, you can:

    • Utilize accurate, up-to-the-minute information to better understand and plan your mailings

    • Archive mailings without large paper trails

    • Send required reports to the post office electronically

    • Apply Mail.dat information to manage drop shipping discounts and transportation costs with Business Objects (formerly FirstLogic)’s Entry Planner™ solution**

  • Drop Shipping with 8125 form

  • DPV

More Information on Business Edition: Contact FTI at 800-854-8324

Comparison Chart
Postalsoft DeskTop Mailer, Business & Professional Editions 

Feature

Postalsoft 
DeskTop Mailer
Postalsoft 
Business Edition
Postalsoft 
Professional Edition
Address processing speed 400,000 records/hour  900,000 records/hour Unlimited, based on machine speed
Number of versions/publications 1 1 32,500
Bindery sets    

Number of presort schemes in one job 5 5 99
Palletization*  

Periodical co-palletization*    

Support for drop-shipping*   

Direct file processing  
(dBase; import others)
 
(dBase; import others)

Data editing and management tools

 
Support for optional procedures    

Package Services Bound Printed Matter Mail*  

Package Services Media Mail    

Package Services Library Mail    

Produce Mail.dat file set*  

Advanced data preparation functions  

Post gender and salutation  

Interface to NCOALinkTM  

Support for Delivery Point Validation  

Support for customized integration     

Supported on UNIX    

Supported on Windows

Support for scripted processing    

Address processing
(Discrete fields)

(Discrete fields)

(Discrete fields or multiline)
Record consolidation    
Gender identification  

Post gender-specific salutations    

Geocoding*  


(TIGER data)


(GDT data)

Name optimizer    
Matching using partial field as break group    

International address correction


(Service only)


(Service only)


(Service or software)

* Add-ons to Postalsoft software.



NCOALink
Using Extended Services in Postalsoft Desktop Mailer or Business Edition, you can update address data instantly over the net. No merging or import functions required.

  • You can easily update individual address information using 18 or 48 month services beginning at $345.00
  • There is no minimum fee per file processed
  • You do not have to worry about making a payment after each file is run which saves time - and money!
  • Depending on the job you are submitting, you can choose to use your subscription or pay one-off.*


Postalsoft PrintForm®

Experience faster, more dynamic statement processing. Reduce labor costs and maximize postage discounts. Get statements delivered more quickly and accurately than ever before. You can experience all of these benefits when you choose PrintForm, an integral part of the Postalsoft print and mail solutions from Business Objects (formerly FirstLogic), to automate processing invoices, checks, customer notices, and many other types of statements!

  • Define how you want your print-image files prepared for processing
    before they’re sent to the printer

  • Correct and barcode addresses in your print-image file, so your documents enter directly into the automated mail stream for faster delivery

  • Presort statements so you can take advantage of postage savings and meet customer demands

  • Utilize the USPS Manifest Mailing System (MMS) to pay postage for
    variable-weight pieces

  • Calculate required postage and generate documentation for mailing
    and sortation acceptance reports

  • Enhance and presort legacy systems output without changing the
    original application

  • Control design and finishing components when processing statements by accessing Xerox’s Variable Data Intelligent PostScript PrintWare (VIPP).

PrintForm helps you streamline your mailroom operations — an automated process that reduces errors and decreases sorting, inserting, coding, and mailing inaccuracies. This helps you profit from greater automation capabilities and reduced labor costs. The software also provides faster turnaround on jobs, giving you more time to pursue new business. In addition, PrintForm increases postage savings because it’s completely CASS-(Coding Accuracy Support System) and PAVE*-(Presort Accuracy Validation and Evaluation) certified. And, as a fully integrated postal automation/print-image manipulation product, PrintForm supports intelligent inserters and one-piece mailers.

More Information on PrintForm: Contact FTI at 800-854-8324

For more information on mailing software from Business Objects (formerly FirstLogic), contact FTI at 800-854-8324 or via e-mail at fti@freelancetech.com

 

 

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