1、DRAFT FOR DEVELOPMENT DD CEN/TS 14442:2003 Postal services Automated processing of mail items Facing identification marks ICS 03.240 DD CEN/TS 14442:2003 This Draft for Development was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 9 April 2003 BSI 9 April 2003 ISBN
2、0 580 41539 2 National foreword This Draft for Development is the official English language version of CEN/TS 14442:2003. This publication is not to be regarded as a British Standard. It is being issued in the Draft for Development series of publications and is of a provisional nature because the su
3、bject area may support the development and progress of the European market, but a European standard is not yet feasible. It should be applied on this provisional basis, so that information and experience of its practical application may be obtained. Comments arising from the use of this Draft for De
4、velopment are requested so that UK experience can be reported to the European organization responsible for its conversion to a European standard. A review of this publication will be initiated 2 years after its publication by the European organization so that a decision can be taken on its status at
5、 the end of its 3-year life. Notification of the start of the review period will be made in an announcement in the appropriate issue of Update Standards. According to the replies received by the end of the review period, the responsible BSI Committee will decide whether to support the conversion int
6、o a European standard, to extend the life of the Technical Specification or to withdraw it. Comments should be sent in writing to the Secretary of BSI Technical Committee SVS/4, Postal services, at British Standards House, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL, giving the document reference and clau
7、se number and proposing, where possible, an appropriate revision of the text. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document
8、may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the CEN/TS tit
9、le page, pages 2 to 18, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsTECHNICALSPECIFICATION SPCIFICATIONTECHNIQUE TECHNISCHESPEZIFIKATION CEN/TS14442 Mar
10、ch2003 ICS03.240 Englishversion PostalservicesAutomatedprocessingofmailitemsFacing identificationmarks ThisTechnicalSpecification(CEN/TS)wasapprovedbyCENon16October2002forprovisionalapplication. TheperiodofvalidityofthisCEN/TSislimitedinitiallytothreeyears.AftertwoyearsthemembersofCENwillberequested
11、 tosubmittheir comments,particularlyonthequestionwhethertheCEN/TScanbeconvertedintoaEuropeanStandard. CENmembersarerequiredtoannouncetheexistenceofthisCEN/TSinthesamewayasforanENandtomaketheCEN/TSavailable .It ispermissibletokeepconflictingnationalstandardsinforce(inparalleltotheCEN/TS)untilthefinal
12、decisionaboutthep ossible conversionoftheCEN/TSintoanENisreached. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUn ited Kingd
13、om. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2003CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.CEN/TS14442:2003ECEN/TS14442:2003(E) 2 Contents Foreword
14、. 3 1 Scope . 6 2 Normativereferences . 7 3 Termsanddefinitions . . 7 4 Symbolsandabbreviations. 8 5 FIMfunctions. 8 6 DefinitionoftheFIMandFIMcode . 9 6.1 Introduction. 9 6.2 EncodingoftheFIMcodeasafivebarcode. 9 6.3 OCREncodingoftheLicensingPostandFIMcode. . 10 6.4 Quietzones . . 10 7 Printingofth
15、eFIM . . 11 7.1 Dimensionsandtolerancesofthebars. . 11 7.2 Permittedskewofthebars . 12 7.3 Permittedmisalignmentofthebars 12 7.4 OCRencoding 13 7.5 Printqualityandcontrast 14 7.5.1 Measurementconditions 14 7.5.2 Reflectancespecifications . 15 8 LocationofFIM . 15 9 ReadingoftheFIMcode. . 17 10 Inter
16、pretationoftheFIMcode . 17 Bibliography . 18CEN/TS14442:2003(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(CEN/TS14442:2003)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC331“Postalservices“, thesecretariatofwhichisheldbyNEN. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAs
17、sociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoanouncethisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,L
18、uxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal, Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom. ThisTechnicalSpecificationincludesaBibliography.CEN/TS14442:2003(E) 4 Introduction Theautomatedprocessingoflettermailgenerallyrequiresthatitemsareorientedinacommonway,withthe deliveryaddressandeventual
19、postageevidencefacingtheautomatedreadingdeviceandwiththebottomedges aligned 1) .Mailthatisorientedinthiswayisreferredtoasbeingfaced. Themajorityofbusinessgeneratedmailisalreadyfacedatthetimeofacceptanceintothepostalsystem.Thisis notthecaseformailthatisdepositedinstreetorpostofficecollectionboxes.Pri
20、ortoautomatedsorting,suchmail requiresfacing,eithermanuallyorbymeansofautomatedfacingmachines.Thefacingfunctionisoftenintegrated withothermailpreparationfunctions,suchascullingandcancelling 2) . Forfacingpurposes,somemeansofdetectingboththeorientationandthefrontoftheitemarerequired.Thisis achievedin
21、manydifferentways,including: useofpostagestampfeaturessuchasserrationpattern,imageand/orencodingwithphosphorescentor fluorescentbarsordots; postagemeterfrankingmarksprintedusingfluorescentink; patternsofhorizontalorverticalbars,calledfacingidentificationmarksorFIMs. AFIMisthusamarkplacedonamailitemt
22、oassistinfacingtheitem.Itisgenerallyappliedtotheupperright cornerofthefront 1) ofthemailitem.DifferentFIMpatternsmayalsobeusedformailstreamseparation,for exampletodistinguishbetweenbusinessreplyandnormalmail;todistinguishbetweendifferentmailprioritiesor eventosegregateoutparticularhighvolumemailflow
23、s,suchastaxreturns;banktransfersorcharitydonations. FIMsarewidelyused,thoughtheyarenotusedineveryEUcountryand,insomecountries,theyarecurrently usedonlyformanualfacing.TheFIMscurrentlyinusevaryfromcountrytocountry.Thusforexample,Denmark, theNetherlandsandtheUnitedKingdomuse(different)patternsofvertic
24、albarswhilstAustriaandPortugaluse horizontalbarpatterns. Aslongasitemsaremailedonlyinthecountryofproduction,theexistenceofdifferentFIMsindifferentcountries doesnotposeanyproblem.Increasingly,however,itisexpectedthatitems,andespeciallypreaddressed envelopesandbusinessreplymail,willbemailedinothercoun
25、tries. Asillustratedbythefollowingexample,thiscanleadtodifficultiesinfacing.SupposeacompanyinAustriasendsa lettertoitscustomerintheUnitedKingdom.Thislettercontainsaprepaidenvelopeforthereply,whichwillneedto befacedandcancelledintheU.K.andthensenttoAustria.HowevertheprepaidenvelopewillcarryanAustrian
26、 postfacingidentificationmark.ThiswillnotberecognisedbyRoyalMail,eventhoughthelatterusesFIMsfor automatedfacing.Theitemwillberejectedformanualprocessing. Asaresultofsuchissues,whenacontracttoprocessinternationalbusinessreply(IBRS)mail 3) hasbeensigned betweenthepostaloperatorsoftwocountries,thewhole
27、processpreparationofthemail,sorting,requestfor paymenttothelicenseeandsharingofthispaymentbetweentheoperatorsneedstobedonemanually.To mechanisethisprocessaninternationalFIMmarkwouldbeneeded.ThiswouldallowIBRSmailtobesegregated, sortedbydestinationcountry,automaticallycountedandaccountedbetweenthetwo
28、postaloperatorsinvolved. 1) Forlettermailitems,UPUstandardS19definestheFront,orFace;theReverseandtheBottomedge.Italsodefinesanumber of encodingareas,whichwillincludetheareaforprintingFIMs. 2) Cullinginvolvestheseparation,fromthemailstream,ofitemswhicharetoolarge,toothick,tooflimsyortoorigidtopass th
29、rough subsequentsortationequipment;cancellationistheprocessofapplyingpostmarkstopreventfraudulentreuseofevidenceof paymentandto recordthedateandlocationofinitialprocessing. 3) TheUPUhasdefinedanInternationalBusinessReplyService(IBRS),butthismakesnomentionoftheuseofFIMs;isclearly orientedtowardsmanua
30、lprocessingandislimitedtoasingleclassofservice.CEN/TS14442:2003(E) 5 TheuseofsimilarFIMscould,however,leadtomisroutingincasesinwhichthefacingmarkisalsousedfor mailstreamsegregation.Forexample,PTTPostintheNetherlandsusesFIMsonpreaddressedenvelopesto segregatemailcontainingPostbankGirotransfersfromoth
31、ermail.Theitemssosegregatedaredelivereddirectly tothePostbankGirocentrewithoutfurtherprocessing.Thisdoesnotposeaproblemaslongastheitemsarenot postedinacountrywithasimilarFIMmarkspecification.Butif,say,France,weretointroduceasimilarFIMandto useittosegregatetaxreturns,theresultwouldbethatDutchPostbank
32、GirotransferspostedinFrancewouldbe routedtotheFrenchtaxoffice,whilstFrenchtaxreturnspostedintheNetherlandswouldberoutedtotheDutch Postbank! ThereisthereforeaneedforawelldefinedstandardFIMmark,whichcouldbeusedbyallposts,togetherwith appropriaterulesandproceduresforitsuseformailstreamsegregationpurpos
33、es.Thiswouldensurethat(new) FIMs,designedinaccordancewiththestandard,wouldbewidelyrecognisedandnotresultinmisroutingof FIMmarkedmail. ThisTechnicalSpecificationisdesignedtomeettheaboveneed.Ituseshorizontalbarsinordertominimisethe riskofconfusionwithexistingFIMmarks,mostofwhichuseaverticalbarpattern
34、4) .Thisensuresthatthoseposts thathavealreadyimplementedFIMscancontinuetousetheirexistingsystemsfordomesticpurposes. 4) TheFIMsusedinAustriaandPortugalalsouseahorizontalbarpattern,butthecharacteristicsofthesearesuchthattheres houldbe littleriskoftheirbeingconfusedwithFIMsprintedinaccordancewiththisT
35、echnicalSpecification.CEN/TS14442:2003(E) 6 1Scope ThepurposeofthisTechnicalSpecificationistodefineafacingidentificationmark(FIM),withproceduresforits use,whichcanbeusedbyanypostaloperator.Itisprimarilyaddressedtothosepostaloperatorsthathavenotyet implementedtheuseofFIMsforautomatedfacingandhasbeend
36、esignedtominimiseconflictwithFIMmarksthat arealreadyinuse.Nevertheless,operatorswithexistingFIMsareencouragedtoconsidersupportformigrationto thisTechnicalSpecificationasandwhentheyupgradeorreplacefacingequipment. UseofthestandardFIMoffersthepossibilityforautomatedpreparationofletterswhichdonotcarrya
37、stampand whicharrive,inapostalfacility,withoutbeingfaced.Theseitemscanthembeincludedinthedomesticand internationalmechanisedstreamsofmail. ThisTechnicalSpecificationallowsfacercancellersandcullerfacercancellers(orotherautomatedequipment supportingthemailpreparationfunction),todetectbarcodetypemarkse
38、nablingthosemachinestofaceand cancelitemscarryingtheFIM.Throughtheincorporationofacodedvalue,calledtheFIMcode,thisTechnical SpecificationalsosupportssegregationofFIMmarkeditemsintoupto18separatestreams.Thiscapabilitycanbe usedtofacilitaterevenuecontrolbyallowingitemstobesegregatedaccordingthetypeofr
39、evenuecontrol procedurerequired.Forexample,BusinessReplyitemscouldbeseparatedandallowaccountingandcancellation totakeplacebefore,ratherthanafter,theitemsaretransportedtotheirdeliveryoffice.Thiswouldsimplifycontrols designedtopreventthesendingofbusinessreplyitemstoaddressesinothercountries.However,it
40、shouldbe recognizedthatFIMshavenoinbuiltsecurityandanitemmaycarryaninappropriateFIMcode,resultinginit beingplacedinthewrongprocessingstream.Hence,inparticular,theFIMalonecannotberelieduponas providingevidenceofpayment. ThescopeofthisTechnicalSpecificationincludes,butisnotlimitedto: postalservicesmai
41、l; government mail; franked mail 5) ; postcardsandenvelopeswithpreprintedevidenceofpostagepaid; mailcarryingautomatedtellermachine(ATM)printedstamps; business reply mail. ThisTechnicalSpecificationhasbeendesignedtobecompatiblewithandmaythusalsobeappliedtointernational businessreplymailwhichiscomplia
42、ntwiththeUPUInternationalBusinessReplyService(IBRS). ThisTechnicalSpecificationmayalsobeadvantageouslyappliedtoitemscarryingdigitalpostagemarks(DPMs) inaccordancewithUPUstandardsS28andS25.ThoughthetwosymbologiessupportedbyUPUstandardS28 (DataMatrixandPDF417)havecharacteristicswhichareeasilyrecognise
43、dbyimageprocessingequipmentand canbeused,asfacingmarks,bymailpreparationequipmentwithanimageprocessingcapability,theremay neverthelessbeadvantagesintheuseofaseparateFIM.Thiswouldallowfacingofthemailusinginexpensive equipmentpriortoitsbeingprocessedbyequipmentwithfullimageprocessingcapability.TheFIMcouldevenbe usedtosegregatemailcarryingaDPM,avoidingtheneedtopassothermailthroughDPMreadingequipment. ItcouldoccurthattheFIMis
