Domestic Bulk Mail Envelope Layout Standards - New Zealand Post

1.2 Clear zonesClear zones enable the sortingmachines to locate or read specificinformation that is critical for us toprocess your mail efficiently.There are three areas where clearzones apply1. Delivery address clear zone2. Indicia area clear zone3. Sortcode clear zone1. Delivery address clear zonesA clear zone is required to ensure that the machinescan accurately read the delivery address.The requirements for this clear zone depend onwhether you are using a window envelope or printingthe address directly onto non-window envelopes.This is because with window envelopes the contents,and therefore location of the address, may move.Where addresses are printed directly onto envelopesthe location of the address is fixed.The clear zone requirements for the delivery addressdetails are as follows:With window envelopesThere needs to be an 8mm clear zone around both:• the perimeter of the delivery address• the outside perimeter of the window.Other content can appear elsewhere in the windowproviding it does not resemble an address (ie. leftjustified blocks of text.)For DLE and E8 envelopes, some of the 8mm clearzone below the window can overlap with the 15mmsortcode clear zone.With non window envelopesThere needs to be an 8mm clear zone around:• the perimeter of the delivery address only.For both window and non window envelopes the8mm clear zone around the perimeter of the deliveryaddress can include:• a horizontal customer reference and/or barcode(please refer to page 18)• white and/or an approved Pantone colour(please refer to page 16)• other graphics providing they have a black contentof less than 30%. We will need to assess andapprove these graphics on a case by case basis,before they go to print.2. Indicia area clear zoneThe indicia area is a maximum of 40mm high by 80mmlocated in the upper right hand corner of the envelope (ortop centre for reusable envelopes). It is critical that asidefrom the PermitPost indicia itself, the area be kept clearof logos, graphics and text, unless they are an approvedPantone colour and/or white.Got a question or need to approve your envelope design? Please contact us via fp.pp@nzpost.co.nz or on 0800 501 5015