Feeder tower and base material specifications, General information, Outer envelopes – Pitney Bowes DI950 FastPac Inserter User Manual
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Reference • 6
Feeder Tower
and Base
Material
Specifications
Any material fed for letter-size mail pieces shall be capable of being trans-
ported through a 1.5 inch (38 mm) radius, 1/4 turn without permanent defor-
mation, breaking of perforations, or any other damage to the piece.
Color Restriction: none for pre-printed materials.
Minimum Paper Opacity: 5% less than 16 lb bond/60 gsm copy paper.
Maximum Paper Opacity (when double detection is required) is 5% greater
than 24 lb. bond/90 gsm copy paper with normal 10 point printing through-
out the page.
NOTE: Any substance added to improve material handling (such as powder) shall
not fall off in visible quantities when the sheet is tapped on the edge of a hard
surface.
Envelope Construction and Material
• Envelopes shall be standard side seam, diagonal side seam, center
seam, or executive. They can be die or web cut, with or without patched
windows.
NOTE: Unpatched (open) window outer envelopes are not permitted.
• Window patches shall be flat, ripple free and made of glassine or poly-
styrene material. Patches shall be glued within 0.06 inch (1.6 mm) from
the top edge of the patch material to the window cutout.
• Envelope materials shall include new or recycled white wove, manila,
and lithographic material. Non-woven or synthetic envelopes (e.g.,
Tyvek
®
) or envelopes with external fasteners are not permitted.
• Envelopes with remoistenable flap adhesives made of starch (dextrin),
resin (tropical formulation) or combination of the two may be used.
• Outer envelope using self-seal, peel and stick, or pressure seal flaps are
not permitted.
• The distance between the glue line and the bottom flap edge of the en-
velope shall not exceed 0.08 inch (2 mm).
Envelope Size for Insertion
• Envelopes shall be at least 0.5 inch (13 mm) wider than the sum of the
maximum width of the insert pack plus the thickness of the pack.
• Envelopes shall be at least 1/4 inch (6 mm) deeper than material to be
inserted.
• No more than three letter-sized sheets can be inserted into a #9 enve-
lope when the aligner is in use.
Outer Envelopes
For reliable operation, all materials must conform to published specifica-
tions. Feed problems and high stall rates are often due to use of substan-
dard materials.
General
Information