Mail Preparation and Presortation Guide NDG Presort

Mail Preparation and Presortation Guide – NDG Presort
B) Separator Cards
Separator cards may also be used to indicate breaks between groupings (as shown in Figure 14). Separator cards
must:
• be made of thin, rigid cardboard (a weight of 120 to 160 grams per square metre is normally adequate)
• extend at least 20 mm above the mail items
• be at least 155 mm wide
• be placed in front of the first mail item in each grouping. Please note that if a grouping is too large to fit into
one container, a second separator card is required at the front of the second container.
Figure 14: Separator Cards
20 mm min.
155 mm min.
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NOTE: Separator cards can be any colour.
When separator cards are used, the minimum number of items per grouping is six (6) for Publications Mail and
eight (8) for Addressed Admail. There is no maximum number of items per grouping. Only one separator card is
required to identify the start of each grouping, regardless of its size.
C) Edgemarking
Edgemarking means applying ink or paint to the top edge of a mail item. This is another acceptable way of
separating groupings within a container (see Figure 15). Edgemarks are only applied to the first item in each
grouping.
Edgemarks must meet the following requirements:
• their colour must significantly contrast with that of the mail item
• the same colour must be used for edgemarking the entire mailing
• they must begin approximately 40 mm from the upper-right edge of the mail item
• edgemarks should be approximately 20 mm long, separated by a gap of approximately 25 mm:
the marking nearest the upper-right edge indicates a Delivery Facility (DF) grouping
the additional markings indicate Distribution Centre Facility (DCF) and Forward Consolidation Point (FCP)
groupings.
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