4.11 Paper colour If items are to be delivered in envelopes, the most suitable colours for envelopes are white, cream or buff. Other colours are possible, so long as they are light or pastel shades which contrast by at least 50% in tone with the address. Please do not use red or dark coloured envelopes, as it makes it difficult for our machines to read the address or codes. 4.12 Printing The address must be darker than the paper. For example don’t print the address in white ink on dark paper. Please do not use red or dark colour ink for printing logos, designs or text behind the address, as our machines cannot read against it.
4.10.1 Mandatory Clear Zones for Letter and Light Large Letter: • 5mm around the address • 18mm from the bottom edge and 115mm from the right edge • A zone of 15mm from the right hand edge and 70mm from the bottom edge • A zone of 115mm from the right hand edge and 10mm high with the zone’s top edge starting from 70mm from the bottom edge of the item Additionally no part of the address should fall within 40mm of the top if the mail piece. 4.10.2 Mandatory Clear Zones for Heavy Large Letter and Packets: • 5mm around the address • 5mm clear zones around the indicia if Whistl will be pre-printed by you (see section 3.1 for more information) • For mail items that do NOT have a pre-printed Whistl Indicia and return address, an area of 115mm x 55mm on the top right hand corner must be left clear of any markings for Whistl machines to apply a Whistl indicia and Return Address. Royal Mail may require spraying or applying a barcode on some or all of the Large Letters that we hand over to them. Therefore to minimize the negative visual impact this could have on the creative mail piece, the following clear zones should be met: • Starting 33mm from the left edge and stretching a total of 30mm wide • Starting from the bottom left and stretching upwards for a total of 150mm 4.10.3 Suggested Clear Zones for Light Large Letters and Heavy Large Letters
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