The postal service grants automation discounted pricing for specific unenveloped mailpiece designs.
Folded self mailer usps.
The number of sheets in the mailpiece and the number of times the sheets are folded determine the number of panels.
Oblong pieces are covered below.
To clarify if it has staples in the fold or glue in the fold it is defined by the postal service as a booklet and not a self mailer.
Discs in folded self mailers.
The 2nd column provides the standards for a basic fsm format.
Some self mailers have flaps which are created when the last panel is folded over and attached to the unaddressed side of the piece.
Folded self mailer fsm reference material this document provides summarized information for the standards that folded self mailers fsm and specific unenveloped mailpiece designs must meet to receive automation letter discounts.
However folded self mailers fsm designs must meet required standards receive automation letter discounts.
The postal service routinely updates folded self mailer reference material.
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Any folds or perforations must be parallel to the address.
The 1st column is a list of basic and optional elements of a finished mailpiece.
A folded self mailer is formed of panels that are created when one or more unbound sheets of paper are folded together and sealed to make a letter size mailpiece.
Design requirements the folded self mailer must be prepared from paper stock of at least 75 lb.
The last folded edge must be positioned at the bottom of the self mailer unless it is an oblong piece.
Folded self mailer decision tree design matrix the matrix table is a summarized version of specification elements for folded self mailers fsm.
Letter size folded self mailers.
Panels are created when a sheet of paper is folded.
The paper stock must be free from groundwood unless coated with a substance adding to the stock s ability to resist an applied bending force.