Applied to seal flap of envelopes. Used for remittance envelopes and other direct mail applications. May have one or two tear off coupons. Pre-printed code used for electronic postal scanning. Generated by postal service for OCR scanners.
Space is critical at the bottom of the envelope for proper bar code printing.
See Substance Weight. A die-cut sheet of paper before it is folded into an envelope. In printing, an image that extends off the page or envelope. Envelopes with bleed generally may be printed before they are folded, or after on offset presses. Raised design stamped in paper, without foil or ink.