Folded Self Mailers - new regs info

t-pat · February 20, 2013, 11:33:42 AM

cute chick with FSM info you need to know now.

USPS 2013 FSM Guidelines: A Crash Course

Joe · February 20, 2013, 11:34:39 AM

I get her folding email vids every week. :evil:

t-pat · February 20, 2013, 11:37:28 AM

Quote from: Joe on February 20, 2013, 11:34:39 AMI get her folding email vids every week. :evil:

fascinating subject, eh? I'll have to subscribe. This one was sent companywide so I was "required" to watch it. Still, informative and better than some old cigarette stained geezer mailing dude explaining it.

delooch · February 20, 2013, 11:44:17 AM

i got to attend a seminar at the local post office to review the updates. i believe almost everyone in the room was my nemesis client, bitching about how they were going to get thier 8 page shitty church newsletters to comply.

ill never do that again, ill just watch the video.

we do these legal notices as self-mailers, one side is 8.5x11 all text, the other side is the mailing panel and an 8x8" map. being how the addy panel has to be in the middle now, it breaks the map up, so now i have to print it on legal size to keep the map together, and i end up with a blank 8.5x3.5 area on both sides. plus now i have to reset the folder to accomodate the fold on the legal size sheet.

Ear · February 20, 2013, 11:53:06 AM

Good vid, T. Thanks. The mail dept expects me to know this crap and I always struggle with being interested enough to learn. :rolleyes: I think I actually have it now.

Slappy · February 20, 2013, 01:34:07 PM

Trish! I've met her a few times, she's local & visited the last shop once in a while. Very nice and really knows her stuff. We had one of our DI pieces featured on her Fold Of The Week a while back, I'll have to see if that vid makes any more sense out of this USPS crap. We've already been burned on one 30M run, although I think the mailhouse was full of crap & could have made it work. They decided here to reprint the whole job instead. :rolleyes:

t-pat · February 20, 2013, 02:01:30 PM

the video is pretty clear, it's easy to understand. Maybe even for clients!

dubstep · February 20, 2013, 02:14:59 PM

@ 2:32 ... "11 and a half by 6 and an eighth that *DOUBLE WINK* we used to be able to do"

Farabomb · February 20, 2013, 02:52:36 PM

She's got a little bit of a Jane Curtin thing going.

Ear · February 20, 2013, 04:44:46 PM

Patterson! Perfect timing on this. I just meow received art and print order for a 100,000+ print and bulk mail piece (we do monthly), and the thing was not only the wrong size but oriented incorrectly for the new regs. I noticed, called the designer and saved a HUGE mess at the post office. All thanks to you posting that video. CHEERS BRO!

t-pat · February 20, 2013, 04:52:39 PM

Quote from: Earendil on February 20, 2013, 04:44:46 PMPatterson! Perfect timing on this. I just meow received art and print order for a 100,000+ print and bulk mail piece (we do monthly), and the thing was not only the wrong size but oriented incorrectly for the new regs. I noticed, called the designer and saved a HUGE mess at the post office. All thanks to you posting that video. CHEERS BRO!

glad to help. I'll keep posting stuff as I receive it from our mailing people.

Ear · February 20, 2013, 04:57:04 PM

Last one we did was in December. Must have snuck it in just b4 the new regulations took hold.

t-pat · February 20, 2013, 05:31:52 PM

Quote from: Earendil on February 20, 2013, 04:57:04 PMLast one we did was in December. Must have snuck it in just b4 the new regulations took hold.

yeah they just started enforcing them this year

Ear · February 20, 2013, 05:45:42 PM

Reminds me of the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld. NO MAIL FOR YOU!

gnubler · February 20, 2013, 05:54:45 PM

Near the end she said "Got it?" and I said "no."

Why is everything so complicated?

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