DANBURY,
CT (June 15, 2001) -- Pitney Bowes Inc.
(NYSE:PBI), today announced the commercial availability
of Finalist 7.30, a versatile address quality software
solution that is fully Coding Accuracy Support System
(CASS) certified by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
for the 2001-2002 CASS cycle. Finalist 7.30 will
enable mailers to achieve postal discounts and enhance
delivery of mail under the new CASS requirements.
"Finalist
7.30 is an important part of Pitney Bowes' initiatives
to help mailers attain their address quality goals,"
says Jeff Stangle, Product Manager for Pitney Bowes
docSense, the business unit that develops and supports
Finalist. "Using Finalist, mailers will achieve
automation mail discounts and ensure reliable delivery
of mail to their customers, while complying with
the new CASS requirements."
The
versatile Finalist 7.30 software is available on
both mainframe and workstation platforms. It can
also be fully integrated with the most recent release
of StreamWeaver print stream engineering software
(v.5.2.6), enabling mailers to utilize Finalist
"across multiple mail streams without disrupting
business applications or print/mail finishing operations,"
continues Stangle.
"Converging
these two key software technologies means mailers
can easily cleanse and standardize address data
for all customer communications, regardless of their
origin within the enterprise, to assure postage
discounts and mail deliverability," adds Stangle.
Finalist is CASS certified software that cleans,
standardizes and codes address data for increased
mail deliverability and postal discounts.
Finalist
verifies, standardizes and corrects address information,
appends ZIP+4, carrier route and delivery point
codes, and provides all necessary documentation
for automated handling through the USPS.
StreamWeaver
is print stream engineering software that analyzes
and enhances print-ready documents to facilitate
advanced print and mail finishing strategies for
both hard copy and Internet communications. It allows
print-ready files from a range of business applications
to be changed and enhanced without interrupting
document processing operations.
For
more information about Pitney Bowes' Finalist address
quality solution and StreamWeaver print stream engineering
software, call Pitney Bowes docSense at 1-877-536-2736.
For more information about the USPS 2001-2002 CASS
requirements, contact the USPS Customer Support
Center at 800-238-3150.
Pitney
Bowes is a $4 billion global provider of informed
mail and message management.
For
more information visit www.pitneybowes.com.
Pitney
Bowes docSense is the company's global provider
of premier solutions for the creation and distribution
of efficient and effective documents in paper and
digital form. For more information, please go to
http://www.pbdmt.com.
Media Contact:
Scott Gerschwer
Manager, Media Relations
203-739-3163
Scott.Gerschwer@pb.com
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