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Mailers are encouraged to take advantage of the products and services offered by the NCSC. The address quality of mailpieces is more important than the volume of mail processed annually; therefore, our goal is to provide mailers with top-quality address products and services as we move toward 100 percent barcoding automation of letter mail.
 

Publications are stored in an Adobe PDF (Portable Document  Format) File. For help obtaining and installing the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader or tips on how to use the Acrobat Reader, follow the links. For a printed copy of any of the following publications, contact the National Customer Support Center.

Products

Address Information System (AIS) Products

Customer License Registration/Agreement
Customers who want to copy, in part or whole, or redistribute any AIS product must pay a fee, which constitutes permission to duplicate a USPS product. Fee amounts are calculated by the initial price of the product and the number of copies a customer wishes to generate. A copy of the copyright regulations and the license agreement can be obtained by calling the National Customer Support Center at 1-800-238-3150.

Carrier Route Product

City State Product

Delivery Statistics Product

Delivery Type File

Drop Ship Product

Five-Digit ZIP Product

Line of Travel (LOT) Product

Z4CHANGE Product

ZIP+4 Product

ZIPMove Product


AIS Products Media Availablity

Magnetic Tape (2400 ft. reels) in the following formats:

    EBCDIC   6250 BPI   9-Track
    ASCII    6250 BPI   9-Track
    EBCDIC   1600 BPI   9-Track
    ASCII    1600 BPI   9-Track

3480 Tape Cartridge:    EBCDIC    38K BPI    18-Track

CD-ROM:   Products with monthly and bi-monthly updates.

Hardcopy:   Carrier Route, Delivery Statistics, and Drop Ship


 

Other NCSC Products

Address List Management System (ALMS)

Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS)

DMM Module L Labeling Lists

Official National Zone Charts

Topological Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference (TIGER)/ZIP+4 File

 

ZIP Code Directories

Pub 65, National Five-Digit ZIP Code & Post Office Directory

Pub 66,  ZIP+4 Code State Directories (Pub 66)

 

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Services

Address Quality Services

Address Element Correction (AEC)

Delivery Sequence File (DSF)

Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS)

 

Move Update Services

Address Change Service (ACS)

Ancillary Service Endorsements

FASTforwardSM

Frequently Asked Questions About Move Update

National Change of Address (NCOA)

 

Certification Programs

Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS)

Mailpiece Quality Control (MQC)

Manifest Analysis and Certification (MAC)

Multiline Accuracy Support System (MASS)

POSTNET Barcode Certification

Delivery Confirmation Certified Vendors List

Presort Accuracy, Validation, and Evaluation (PAVE)

 

Other NCSC Services

Address List Sequencing Service

ADVANCE

Diskette Coding

Facing Identification Mark (FIM) Barcode for Business and Courtesy Reply Mail

Multiple Entry Point Payment System (MEPPS)

National Deliverability Index (NDI)

NCSC Bulletin Board System (NCSC BBS)

 

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Publications

Address List Management System (ALMS) 

Address List Management System (ALMS) (1M)

PUB 8, ACS 

Publication 8, Address Change Service (ACS) (162K)

AIS Products & Services 

Publication 40, Address Information System (AIS) Products & Services (76K)

Publication 401, Guide To The Manifest Mailing System 

Publication 401, Guide To The Manifest Mailing System
Technical Guide
(1M)

AIS Products Technical Guide 

Address Information System (AIS) Products
Technical Guide
(1M)

AEC Technical Guide 

Address Element Correction (AEC) Technical Guide (172K)

AEC Technical Guide 

Publication 221, Addressing For Success (172K)

 

Addressing Standards for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

ADVANCE Technical Guide 

ADVANCE Technical Guide (228K)

CASS Technical Guide 

Coding Accuracy Support System (CASS)
Technical Guide
(163K)

CDS Users Guide 

Computerized Delivery Sequence (CDS) User's Guide (161K)

PUB 63, Designing Flat Mail 

Publication 63, Designing Flat Mail (297K)

PUB 25, Designing Letter Mail 

Publication 25, Designing Letter Mail (2M)

PUB 353, Designing Reply Mail 

Publication 353, Designing Reply Mail (2M)

LOT Certification Guide 

Line of Travel (LOT) Certification Guide (71K)

MAC Technical Guide 

Manifest Analysis Certification (MAC) Technical Guide (160K)

MEPPS Mailer Guide 

Multiple Entry Point Payment System (MEPPS)
Mailer Guide
(282K)

MEPPS User Guide 

Multiple Entry Point Payment System (MEPPS)
USPS User Guide
(324K)

Move Update Booklet 

Move Update Booklet (157K)

MASS Technical Guide 

Multiline Accuracy Support System (MASS)
Technical Guide
(164K)

PUB 28, Postal Addressing Standards 

Publication 28, Postal Addressing Standards (758K)

Postnet Barcode Certification Guide 

POSTNET Barcode Certification Guide (721K)

PAVE Technical Guide 

Presort Accuracy Validation & Evaluation (PAVE)
Technical Guide
(337K)

TIGER/ZIP Technical Guide 

TIGER/ZIP Technical Guide (48K)

Z4CHANGE Technical Guide 

Z4CHANGE Technical Guide (60K)

 

ZIP Alert

ZIPMove Technical Guide 

ZIPMove Technical Guide (57K)

Zone Charts Program Technical Guide 

Zone Chart Program Technical Guide (52K)

   
 

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