Method and system for shipping/mailing

摘要

An efficient and errorfree processing of shipping/mailing information is fostered by reducing manual work and by validating the information. A user at terminal (101) generates barcode (110) including encrypted shipping information is generated at an enterprise network site (100) for processing a mail piece (115). The label (105) is placed on the mail piece (115) for forwarding to mail center (103). Shipping/mailing center (103) includes a terminal (125) which converts the shipping information into the appropriate format of the selected carrier. Terminal (125) then instructs thermal printer (13) to print a shipping label (135) affixed to mail piece (115).