**BEFORE THE**

**POSTAL RATE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C. 20268-0001**

COMPLAINT OF TIME WARNER INC. ET AL.

CONCERNING PERIODICALS RATES Docket No. C2004-1

RESPONSES OF TIME WARNER INC. ET AL.

WITNESS JOSEPH E. SCHICK TO ABM/TW ET AL.-T4-67-69

(June 24, 2004)

Time Warner Inc., Condé Nast Publications, a Division of Advance
Magazine Publishers Inc., Newsweek, Inc., The Reader\'s Digest
Association, Inc., and TV Guide Magazine Group, Inc. (collectively, Time
Warner Inc. et al.) hereby provide the responses of witness Schick (TW
et al.-T-4) to American Business Media interrogatories ABM/TW et
al.-T4-67-69, filed June 10, 2004.

Each interrogatory is stated verbatim and followed by the response.

> Respectfully submitted,
>
> [s/]{.underline}
>
> John M. Burzio
>
> Timothy L. Keegan
>
> [Counsel for]{.smallcaps}
>
> [Time Warner Inc.]{.smallcaps}

Burzio & McLaughlin

Canal Square, Suite 540

1054 31st Street, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20007-4403

Telephone: (202) 965-4555

Fax: (202) 965-4432

E-mail: burziomclaughlin@covad.net

**ABM/TW et al.-T4-67.** Separately for each of QuadGraphics' printing
plants, please provide a list of the Periodicals printed (which can be
coded so that names are not revealed, if you prefer, but a single
publication should carry the same code throughout the response), and for
each publication so identified provide the following information (for a
recent, typical issue on items (2) --(7)): (1) publication frequency (2)
approximate print run at that plant, (3) approximate number of copies in
the main file that are printed at that plant, (4) the number of printing
locations at which it is printed (whether or not all such locations are
QuadGraphics plants), (5) whether the main file at that plant is
copalletized, and if so where, (6) whether the main file at that plant
is comailed, and (7) whether 100% of the copies of the main file of the
publication at that plant are mailed in sacks.

**RESPONSE**

The specific information requested regarding publication by print
facility, whether the publication prints in more than one facility, and
how it is split up between those facilities is proprietary.
Copalletization that we provide our clients is done through our comail
process. So any publications that comail would also be copalletized. The
information reflects activity during the last 4 months, and the numbers
have been averaged. Because of individual contracts and the way jobs are
billed, much of the specific information that has been requested is not
maintained in our systems.

> 1\) The information is contained in the attached spreadsheet.
>
> 2\) We can only provide the information related to mailed copies, and
> that is contained in the attached spreadsheet.
>
> 3\) The information provided in the spreadsheet reflects all mailed
> copies. We are not able to discern between main file and supplemental
> mailings.
>
> 4\) Proprietary information
>
> 5\) The information is contained in the attached spreadsheet.
>
> 6\) The information is contained in the attached spreadsheet.
>
> 7\) We do not maintain that level of data, and are not able to
> provide.

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  Titile \#      Average \# of Mail  Issues per     Comail/Copal Main Run
                 Pieces per Issue    Year           

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  1              1,708,159           52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  2              1,624,040           12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  3              1,593,675           52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  4              1,592,912           52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  5              1,575,527           6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  6              1,541,613           6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  7              1,449,261           6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  8              1,109,322           6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  9              1,053,446           10             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  10             849,883             52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  11             802,854             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  12             791,980             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  13             758,571             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  14             742,305             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  15             672,860             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  16             590,318             52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  17             562,768             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  18             530,086             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  19             521,280             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  20             517,166             52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  21             502,536             52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  22             485,861             8              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  23             470,050             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  24             445,862             11             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  25             424,843             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  26             420,052             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  27             418,400             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  28             415,521             10             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  29             379,499             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  30             379,167             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  31             367,522             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  32             367,117             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  33             367,017             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  34             359,360             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  35             346,172             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  36             344,166             52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  37             341,173             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  38             332,892             4              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  39             327,295             1              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  40             278,000             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  41             271,563             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  42             258,296             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  43             257,785             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  44             228,051             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  45             210,145             52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  46             208,897             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  47             203,348             26             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  48             202,261             18             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  Titile \#      Average \# of Mail  Issues per     Comail/Copal Main Run
                 Pieces per Issue    Year           

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  49             200,104             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  50             199,994             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  51             199,834             4              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  52             199,552             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  53             190,979             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  54             188,855             12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  55             188,775             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  56             184,680             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  57             180,027             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  58             173,131             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  59             165,732             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  60             164,503             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  61             155,641             48             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  62             154,720             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  63             151,720             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  64             150,900             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  65             146,672             4              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  66             141,312             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  67             140,634             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  68             138,238             10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  69             137,945             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  70             134,023             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  71             134,009             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  72             114,997             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  73             113,392             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  74             111,719             12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  75             110,123             26             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  76             108,052             6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  77             105,376             6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  78             102,443             4              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  79             98,204              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  80             96,992              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  81             96,431              52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  82             88,673              6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  83             85,466              10             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  84             82,350              10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  85             81,546              11             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  86             77,470              22             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  87             68,668              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  88             68,268              10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  89             65,339              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  90             65,256              8              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  91             63,709              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  92             63,185              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  93             62,943              52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  94             62,534              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  95             62,352              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  96             61,892              10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  Titile \#      Average \# of Mail  Issues per     Comail/Copal Main Run
                 Pieces per Issue    Year           

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  97             60,900              10             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  98             58,082              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  99             56,785              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  100            56,656              11             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  101            56,077              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  102            54,919              4              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  103            54,152              8              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  104            54,009              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  105            51,834              12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  106            51,771              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  107            50,248              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  108            46,682              18             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  109            46,525              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  110            45,560              26             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  111            45,233              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  112            45,131              4              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  113            44,120              12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  114            42,644              8              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  115            41,717              8              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  116            40,450              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  117            40,207              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  118            38,869              8              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  119            38,686              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  120            37,638              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  121            37,572              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  122            34,697              6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  123            34,534              52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  124            34,385              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  125            32,028              9              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  126            30,249              52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  127            26,992              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  128            26,669              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  129            25,717              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  130            25,614              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  131            24,377              13             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  132            23,951              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  133            23,387              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  134            22,736              12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  135            22,582              13             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  136            22,207              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  137            21,755              52             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  138            18,360              4              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  139            18,200              12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  140            17,568              4              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  141            16,727              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  142            16,613              1              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  143            16,235              13             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  144            15,743              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  Titile \#      Average \# of Mail  Issues per     Comail/Copal Main Run
                 Pieces per Issue    Year           

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  145            14,737              12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  146            14,576              10             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  147            14,427              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  148            13,930              7              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  149            12,731              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  150            12,579              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  151            12,137              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  152            12,068              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  153            11,976              6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  154            10,523              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  155            10,379              12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  156            10,007              12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  157            8,984               6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  158            8,091               6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  159            7,946               6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  160            7,136               6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  161            5,905               6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  162            5,735               12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  163            5,555               12             Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  164            4,445               4              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  165            3,692               6              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  166            3,656               6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  167            3,285               4              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  168            3,174               10             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  169            2,603               12             N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  170            1,813               6              Y

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------
  171            1,200               1              N

  -------------- ------------------- -------------- ----------------------

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**ABM/TW et al. -T4-68.** Assume that there is a publication with a
mailed circulation of 120,000 copies and that it is prepared in 70
different demographic versions, ranging in size from 150 copies to 2,500
copies per version. Please discuss the practical (including paperwork)
difficulties in comailing or copalletizing that publication and how you
would overcome those difficulties.

**RESPONSE**

There are specifications and parameters built into our comailing
process, just as there are specifications and parameters for everything
we produce in our other production processes. Our experience shows that
in most cases it is not practical to selectively bind or comail versions
with less than 1500 copies. It is a production issue. The larger
versions could be considered for comailing, but an analysis would have
to be done to determine the overall results for all versions.

It could be practical to copalletize the packages created within each
version, but that would most likely depend on what other mail was
available to be included in the copalletization process. Without having
more information, i.e., Mail.Dat files, it is difficult to determine
what can and can't be done to any mailing (large or small).

**ABM/TW et al-T4-69.** Please address the practical difficulties that
would be faced by a short-run printer seeking to comail or copalletize
periodicals in standard trim size, tabloid size and digest size. Please
address in your response whether these sizes can be combined for
purposes of comailing or copalletizing.

**RESPONSE**

As mentioned in my response to ABM/TW et al.-T4-68, there are
specifications built into our comailing process. Some are guided by
postal requirements, and some are guided by production constraints. All
of the publication sizes mentioned can run on comail equipment. However,
the constraint is in the packaging of different size publications. There
can be some variance in trim sizes, but not to the extent of digest and
standard size, or standard size and tabloids. We could create packages
with all of those different sizes, but quality would suffer when
strapping and shrinkwrapping were applied, as larger publications would
be folded over around the other publications. I assume that these same
constraints would apply to a short-run printer.

If we were able, at some point, to move forward with development of a
new flats container such as a tray, tub, or log, I would think that the
packaging constraint would be resolved.

Copalletization would not be affected by the trim size differential.
Since all publications of the same size are packaged together, the
packages can be palletized together on the same pallet, regardless of
whether different packages contain publications of different sizes. It
may be a little difficult to design a pattern for building the pallet,
but it can be done.

For both comailing and copalletization, current postal requirements
state that mail within a package and on a pallet must be able to be
processed on the same type of postal sorting equipment (i.e. -- all for
AFSM100 or all for FSM1000).