@mvls1 wrote:
These are all one of books for us, so they will all go in boxes. It is interesting to hear you say to completely tape over ALL parts of the mailing label with clear tape. I always do that as we use an inkjet printer and I am concerned about the ink running if it gets wet. That said, our post office told us we should only cover 1/2 of the scan bar code as it may not scan otherwise. Well we have just ignored that advice, covered the entire label and never had any problems yet with over 10,000 packages shipped. Thank you for your advice and confirming my thoughts on that issue.
That was written with fibered tape in mind. If you use clear tape the scanners have no trouble with it. Leaving part of the barcode exposed won't hurt if there is just a little drizzle but when it is pouring down the water can wick under the tape and ruin the whole barcode though we maybe able to read it and put in the numbers manually.
I have shipped hundreds of packages, all with the label completely covered. I also have about 100+ scans a day on my mail route. I have yet to have a package not scan due to being taped over.
