Optical Character Reader - postal equipment that "reads" the address on an envelope. Sometimes this term is also used for the entire system, including the device that sprays the address on the envelope as a bar code.
optical character reader (OCR)—An automated mail sorting machine that interprets the address information on a letter-size mailpiece and sprays the corresponding ZIP Code information onto the piece as a barcode.
OCR: optical character reader.
Ocru: (Rom.) ochre (color).
Octombrie: (Rom.) October.
Octubre 12, 1942: on stamps of Cuba, Ecuador and Paraguay; labels printed in 1935-36 to commemorate Columbus' first voyage.
OCR - an acronym for 'Optical Character Reader'. In the Postal Service, Optical Character Readers are used to read mail addresses and spray corresponding bar codes onto the envelopes for processing.
OCR - acronym for Optical Character Reader equipment, capable of reading the postal code. Was first installed in Ottawa on January 4, 1972.
 See also: Trans, Stamp, Used, Printing, Adhesive
  
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