Note: This rate is effective as of May 31, 2015. The USPS discount is on all First-Class letters up to 3.5 ounces for metered mail. The $0.485 cent rate is automatically applied when you use a Postage Meter, PC Postage or Permit Imprint.
What is the Electronic Product Code (EPC) and EPCglobal? Designed to be stored on an RFID tag, the Electronic Product Code (EPC) is a unique number that identifies a specific item in the supply chain. The EPC can be associated with dynamic data such as the origination point of an item or the date of its production.
The Universal Product Code (UPC) is a barcode symbology (i.e., a specific type of barcode) that is widely used in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and in other countries for tracking trade items in stores.o allow the use of UPC barcodes on smaller packages where a full 12-digit barcode may not fit, a 'zero-suppressed' version of UPC was developed called UPC-E, in which the number system digit and all trailing zeros in the manufacturer code and all leading zeros in the product code are suppressed (omitted).