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NOTICE

Meter Indicia Produced With Blue Nonfluorescent Ink

The office of Postage Technology Management has approved the use of information-based indicia (IBI) with blue nonfluorescent ink. IBI printed with black or red nonfluorescent ink is still valid.

Postage meters that produce this type of indicia have the capability to print the IBI with or without a facing identification mark (FIM). However, whether or not a FIM is used depends on the type of mail, as noted below:

• Single-piece First-Class Mail items must contain a FIM. Mail using this indicium may be deposited in the same fashion as any single-piece mail item.

• Presort mail must not contain a FIM. This indicium, known as an "acceptance mail indicium," may be entered only through the business mail acceptance process.

Exhibits 1 and 2 show examples of approved IBI that can be printed with blue, black, or red nonfluorescent ink.

Exhibit 1
IBI With a FIM - Single-Piece First-Class Mail Items

 

Exhibit 1, IBI With a FIM - Single-Piece First-Class Mail Items. Example 1.

Exhibit 2
IBI Without a FIM - Presort Mail Items

Exhibit 1, IBI With a FIM - Single-Piece First-Class Mail Items. Example 2.
Exhibit 2, IBI Without a FIM - Presort Mail Items. Example 2. Exhibit 2, IBI Without a FIM - Presort Mail Items. Example 1.
Exhibit 1, IBI With a FIM - Single-Piece First-Class Mail Items. Example 3. Exhibit 2, IBI Without a FIM - Presort Mail Items. Example 3.

— Postage Technology Management,
Product Development, 9-28-06