Publications Mail Delivery Facility Presort container and shipping unit labels

This specification is intended to provide you with the requirements to produce container labels for your Delivery Facility Presort Publications Mail™ mailings containerized in Letterflatainers, flats tubs, or cardboard boxes.

This specification also includes an example of the shipping unit (monotainer and pallet) label.

Please note: If you’re containerizing mail using presortation software recognized by our Software Evaluation and Recognition Program (SERP), refer to the SERP generated label specifications.

For more details on container and shipping unit (monotainers and pallets) labels, refer to the appropriate customer guide.

Container label stock

Characteristic: Flat label (continuous strips or individually produced)

Size: Width: 152 mm x Height: 67 mm (with approximately 0.5 mm tolerance for each dimension)

Colour: White

Thickness: Label paper stock requirements examples:

  • Cover - Not less than 65 lbs. (175 gsm)
  • Index - Not less than 90 lbs. (160 gsm)
  • Bond - Not less than 32 lbs. (120 gsm)

The card must be rigid enough to allow secure retention in the mail container card holder (sleeve or frame) during handling transportation.

Container label print specifications

Printer: High-contrast printing capabilities (for example, thermal or laser printer)

Print colour: Black

Print instructions:

  • Print on one side only using Adobe® Acrobat®
  • To ensure the labels print to the correct size the print instructions must be set to “Actual size”

Label insertion: Insert the container labels in the label holder before depositing your mail.

Container label samples

An example of a Publications Mail Delivery Facility Presort container label in a flats tub sleeve

Container label in flats tub sleeve

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Container and shipping unit label elements

Card

An example of a Publications Mail Delivery Facility Presort container label with label dimensions, service name, destination plant, SIS box, and J flag highlighted

Label dimensions: 152 mm x 67 mm

  1. Service name
  2. Destination plant
  3. SIS box
  4. J flag

Plain paper label

An example of a plain paper label with label dimensions, service name, routing information, province, and destination plant highlighted

Label dimensions: 279 mm x 216 mm

Standard and Oversize container label spec 34-099-089 (1602-024)

An example of a Publications Mail Delivery Facility Presort container label

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Standard and Oversize container label Time Committed spec 34-099-091 (99-06)

An example of a Publications Mail Delivery Facility Presort Time Committed container label

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Delivery Facility Presort shipping unit (monotainer or pallet) label sample

An example of a Delivery Facility Presort shipping unit label

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