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1. A computer-implemented method for printing a plurality of postage items, the method comprising: displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display, wherein the GUI is configured to receive first user input and second user input; responsive to the first user input, by a processor coupled to a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium: uploading an addressee data file, wherein the addressee data file comprises a plurality of entries in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein the entries comprise strings of text; determining a feature for one or more columns of the addressee data file, wherein the feature comprises a quantitative characteristic of a string of text shared by a predetermined number of entries in the one or more columns; associating the one or more columns of the addressee data file with an address field type based at least in part on the feature; and displaying, on the GUI, an indication of the association of the one or more columns with the address field type; responsive to the second user input, automatically preparing, by the processor, instructions for printing entries from the one or more columns of the addressee data file on respective postage items of the plurality of postage items as a destination address of the address field type, said preparing comprising: identifying a plurality of the addressees in respective rows of the addressee data file, wherein each of the plurality of the addressees has a same first address within a first column, and within a second column the plurality of addressees have non-identical addresses with respect to others of the plurality of addressees; selecting, for each addressee of the plurality of addressees, the respective second address, located in the second column, as a respective destination address; including the selected destination addresses as entries in the instructions for printing the entries; and transmitting, from the processor over a transmission path to a printing processor of a printing device, the instructions for printing the entries onto respective ones of the postage items; printing, by a printing device responsive to receipt of the instructions, respective ones of the selected destination addresses onto respective ones of the postage items.
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