Show the address so that you can read the address when you hold the bound edge (spine) in your right hand.
8.1.1 Non-address Areas
Leave the following areas clear of address information:
1.
a 10 mm border around the outside edges
2.
an area, 35 mm by 150 mm, in the bottom right corner, when the publication spine is the bottom edge. Canada Post prints the bar code in this area.
In this example, the print in the bar code area (35 x 150 mm in the right corner along the spine) would reduce the legibility of the bar code, so a label was affixed before the bar code was printed.
8.1.2 Clear Spaces Around the Address
Leave the following clear spaces around the address block:
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10 mm to the left, right and below.
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6 mm above the top line of the address.
8.2 Unwrapped Single Copies
8.2.1 Requirements
Thickness and Weight
Send without a mailing wrapper only those items that meet the following requirements:
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Minimum thickness of 0.5 mm
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Minimum weight of 10 g.
Cover
Send items unwrapped only if their coversheets are strong enough not to be damaged during mail processing.
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Use paper in the front and back covers with a thickness of at least the double of the inside pages.
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Fold gatefold covers so that they are the complete width of the item and not folded to cover just part of it.
Cover Rigidity Test
Place items at 3 degree angle from the vertical with their spine down. If the item remains closed, then the covers are sufficiently rigid and strong enough for machine processing.
8.2.2 Binding
Unbound
Enclose unbound, loose-leaf newsletters and publications in an envelope or wrapper.
Bound
Assemble publications by a permanent method of fastening such as staples, glue, or stitching. Use a method that keeps the item flat and even and does not cause it to bulge. For example, staples, glue and stitching are acceptable, but a spring spine would cause an item to bulge.
Bind the item along its longest side.
8.2.3 Enclosures
Requirements
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Securely attach any enclosures included in an unwrapped publication.
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Include items that are:
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of uniform thickness.
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smaller than the publication so they do not extend past the edge of the publication.
8.3 Wrapped Single Copies
8.3.1 Address Placement
Clear-wrapped Magazine
Show the address in one of the following locations:
1.
On the item itself
2.
On the wrapping
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Ensure the address area and 10 mm around it has a white opaque background, either on the wrapping or on the contents, with an opacity of 80% or higher.
3.
On an insert or card inside the wrapping
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Ensure that no matter in which position the insert may have moved:
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the complete address is visible
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the quiet zones are maintained.
The magnet has been glued to the insert in this example so that the non-magnetized side faces out.
Paper-wrapped Magazine
Show the address on the outside of the paper wrapper or sleeve.
8.3.2 Wrapping
Acceptable Fit
To achieve an acceptable fit between an oversize wrapping and its enclosure:
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Pull the cover tightly over the contents.
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Fold the required portion of the wrapper to the back of the item.
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Securely tape this portion.
Ensure that the destination address and other delivery instructions appear on the front of the item.
Sleeves
Use sleeves that fit their contents closely enough that the sleeves will stay in position during processing and not move.
Size of Enclosures
Use wrapping that is no more than:
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20 mm longer and wider; or
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40 mm longer and 10 mm wider
than the item.
8.3.3 Transparent Wrapping
Use plastics and similar transparent wrappings that:
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havea gloss reading of 159 gloss units or less
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have a low-slip coating
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have sufficient transparency to allow a transmission with a maximum haze of 75%
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are strong enough to withstand mechanized processing with a thickness of at least .03 mm
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have undergone antistatic treatment and have a static charge of 2.0kV or less
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have uniform clarity
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have no wrinkles, creases or blemishes.
Endorsement Area
If the plastic wrapper does not take a lasting impression, then use a white opaque band or an outside label large enough for a postal endorsement.
Oversize Wrapping
Secure with adhesive or tape the open seams on oversize items.
8.3.4 Paper Board and Cardboard Wrappings
Oversize items
On oversize Publications Mail, use rigid wrappings, such as paper board and corrugated cardboard, that have a gloss reading of 60 or less.
8.3.5 Closing
Requirement
Seal all short and long items and all transparent coverings.
Methods
Use tape instead of clasps, metal eyelets, hook fastenings, staples, string with button.
Note:
Use staples for oversize items, if the staples are properly clinched and covered with tape.
Location
Ensure the sealing line of transparent wrappers is not covering the address.
If the address is placed
then locate the closing line and any overlapping cover material
on top of the transparent wrapper
either on the front or the back
beneath the transparent wrapper
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preferably on the back (i.e. the side opposite the address side)
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if on the front, not directly over the address.
8.4 Enclosures
8.4.1 Thickness
Thickness Variation
Enclose items that are uniform in thickness, allowing for only the following variations:
Oversize
No greater than half of the maximum thickness.
Short and Long
No greater than 2 mm in thickness except in the area 15 mm from the top and sides of the cover or wrapper.
8.4.2 Restrictions
Unacceptable in Publications Mail
See the Publications Mail Customer Guide for a list of those items that are not allowed as an enclosure in a Publications Mail item.
Inflexible Enclosures
Ensure items that are mailed as short and long Machineable Publications Mailcannot become damaged if they are bent.
Unacceptable Items
Unacceptable items may expose postal employees to danger or may soil or damage other mail or postal equipment. In particular, items shall not cause:
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