Complete In-House Mailing Services
Through cutting edge technology, equipment and user friendly on-line services, Accurate Printing has been a leader in the printing industry in the DC area. With the same "can do" customer service attitude, Accurate Printing is also a leader in the business mail industry as well. Our Mailing Department provides many mailing services to our customers. When your printed project is finished, we can manage your mailing services to save you time and energy. We offer a full-service, turn-key mailing solution. Here is a list of some of the mailing services we can provide you:
Database cleansing
Dupe detection
Variable data printing
Intelligent bar coding
Zip+4 encoding
In-line tabbing
Folding and inserting
High quality ink jet printing directly on mail piece
PAVE, CASS and NCOA certified
Delivery to the Post Office
Addressing verification
You will find that our prices are very competitive and we can save you money on your postage by helping you manage your database better. The needs of our customers have driven us to be number one. "You asked for it; we delivered it". From pre-press to the Post Office, Accurate Printing will continue to lead the business mail and printing industry because, "Your satisfaction always has been and always will be our top priority". This is just another way we are striving for perfection!
NEW USPS CHANGES!!!!!!
New Standards for Letter-Sized Booklets
SUMMARY: The Postal Service adopts new Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to reflect changes to the construction and sealing of letter-sized booklets mailed at automation, presorted machinable or carrier route letter prices. We also adopt a definition of booklets and clarify weight standards for letter-sized mail.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 2009.
Booklets Definition
Booklets must have a bound edge. Sheets that are fastened with at least two staples in the manufacturing fold (saddle stitched), perfect bound, pressed-glued, or joined together by another binding method that produces an end where pages are attached together are considered booklets. Booklets are open on three sides before sealing, similar in design to a book. In general, booklets must be uniformly thick. Large bound booklets that are folded for mailing qualify for automation and machinable prices if the final mailpiece remains nearly uniform in thickness.
Paper
Booklet covers generally must be made with a minimum paper basis weight of 60 pounds or equivalent. Minimum basis weights are higher for some designs (see 3.15.4).
Physical Standards for Booklets
Booklets must be:
a. Height: not more than 6 inches or less than 3.5 inches high.
b. Length: not more than 10.5 inches or less than 5 inches long.
See Exhibit 3.15.4 for some booklet designs with shorter maximum lengths.
c. Thickness: not more than 0.25 inch or less than 0.009 inch thick.
d. Weight: not more than 3 ounces.
e. Aspect ratio: within 1.3 to 2.5 Booklet
Design and Sealing
The position of the final fold and intermediate fold (or spine) for letter-sized booklets varies according to the specific design of the mailpiece. Open edges can be sealed with tabs, glue lines, or glue spots. Tabs used as seals on small booklets (those between 3 1/2 and 5 inches high) may be placed closer to the top and bottom edges than shown in exhibit 3.15.4, and may overlap in some cases. See exhibit 3.15.4 for design and sealing standards.
