Camera verification (including personalized document matching) is becoming common throughout the print, mail, & packaging industries. Older used mailing equipment is being updated more and more with new camera verification attachments and software. The following article will lead us through the topic Proving accuracy with Postcard Mailers production.
Have you ever wondered about the technology used to ensure that a document on the inside of an envelope matches the address printed on the outside? Or a credit card with information that matches the carrier that it is glued to? Or the inside page of a booklet matching the outside cover (both personalized).
Especially in the insurance, financial, and healthcare industries. Increased emphasis on targeted marketing. Marketing products (whether they're printed, online, or via text messages) are increasingly targeted towards a specific audience. Such printed documents are more expensive to produce, and they also include more personalized information. This trend makes it essential to make sure each prospect receives the right material and that some certifiable report can prove accuracy.
In the first one, you have a standard six pocket inserter. One piece of the package is pulled from a pocket and dropped into a slot. The plot moves forward, where the inserter falls the next section on top, and so on. At the end of the process, the whole package is inserted into an envelope.
The most traditional method of verification is ensuring that all customer statements have successfully exited an envelope inserter. This is a simple matter of reading a sequential number or decoding a personalized Intelligent Mail Barcode or IMB through a window envelope, and "checking off" each document that leaves the machine. If a document is removed or if there is a "double-feed, " the report will show the missing document before the mailing is complete.
Other traditional examples include ensuring that two variable documents match each other within an envelope, matching a personalized text to the pre-printed address on the outside of a container, or matching credit cards or gift cards to personalized carriers. But camera verification systems can now do so much more. Checking to make sure there are no blank documents. This can happen during the printing process, but a camera can detect a blank sheet on folding equipment or other bindery equipment.
With the right inkjet, a Buskro for instance, this would be 100% reliable. You could recover from jams and operator errors quickly and efficiently because the software would keep track of the database entries that weren't printed correctly. This would also allow you to run at full speed. No more printing envelopes in advance. No more manual "spot checks" to make sure your stacks are still correlating.
FlexMail also offers Tracking, for Read / Write or Read and Print on an inserter. So it can read a 2D code on an upstream document (in the inserter) and send the data to an inkjet printer to address a matching name on the outside of the envelope. Flex mail can also use an IBM verification camera, and check it against the original print file. It can also be programmed to shut down the inkjet printer or inserter if the IMB code fails to read.
Have you ever wondered about the technology used to ensure that a document on the inside of an envelope matches the address printed on the outside? Or a credit card with information that matches the carrier that it is glued to? Or the inside page of a booklet matching the outside cover (both personalized).
Especially in the insurance, financial, and healthcare industries. Increased emphasis on targeted marketing. Marketing products (whether they're printed, online, or via text messages) are increasingly targeted towards a specific audience. Such printed documents are more expensive to produce, and they also include more personalized information. This trend makes it essential to make sure each prospect receives the right material and that some certifiable report can prove accuracy.
In the first one, you have a standard six pocket inserter. One piece of the package is pulled from a pocket and dropped into a slot. The plot moves forward, where the inserter falls the next section on top, and so on. At the end of the process, the whole package is inserted into an envelope.
The most traditional method of verification is ensuring that all customer statements have successfully exited an envelope inserter. This is a simple matter of reading a sequential number or decoding a personalized Intelligent Mail Barcode or IMB through a window envelope, and "checking off" each document that leaves the machine. If a document is removed or if there is a "double-feed, " the report will show the missing document before the mailing is complete.
Other traditional examples include ensuring that two variable documents match each other within an envelope, matching a personalized text to the pre-printed address on the outside of a container, or matching credit cards or gift cards to personalized carriers. But camera verification systems can now do so much more. Checking to make sure there are no blank documents. This can happen during the printing process, but a camera can detect a blank sheet on folding equipment or other bindery equipment.
With the right inkjet, a Buskro for instance, this would be 100% reliable. You could recover from jams and operator errors quickly and efficiently because the software would keep track of the database entries that weren't printed correctly. This would also allow you to run at full speed. No more printing envelopes in advance. No more manual "spot checks" to make sure your stacks are still correlating.
FlexMail also offers Tracking, for Read / Write or Read and Print on an inserter. So it can read a 2D code on an upstream document (in the inserter) and send the data to an inkjet printer to address a matching name on the outside of the envelope. Flex mail can also use an IBM verification camera, and check it against the original print file. It can also be programmed to shut down the inkjet printer or inserter if the IMB code fails to read.
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