PC franking systems allow customers to download postage value into their PCs and to print postage value onto envelopes or mailing labels by using regular desktop printers connected to their PCs. In emerging standards, such as the IBIP program of the US postal services, the resulting imprints are called indicia, and they are printed as 2-D bar codes that are easy and reliable to scan while passi...

The use of OCR in postal services is not yet universal and there are still many countries that process mail sorting manually. Automated Arabic/Indian numeral Optical Character Recognition (OCR) systems for Postal services are being used in some countries, but still there are errors during the mail sorting process, thus causing a reduction in efficiency. The need to investigate fast and efficien...

OBJECTIVES To establish a means for general practitioners to express their views about health services available to their patients, to identify services that general practitioners perceive as most in need of improvement, and to establish good working relations between the health authority's purchasing team and local general practitioners. DESIGN Postal questionnaire survey of general practiti...

To develop palliative care services, it is imperative first to evaluate local services and identify any gaps in provision. A mapping exercise and a postal questionnaire were used in an attempt to canvass the views of patients and carers using a service in Gloucestershire. This article reports on the methodology and the findings of the questionnaire.

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