Should we not hear from the customer within 12 hours it will be put to waste. The inserting of pre-prints is increasingly commonplace in the mail room. The handling of the various inserts is becoming more complicated for the newspapers. The space available for the pallets bearing the pre-prints in the warehouse and in the mail room is not unlimited. An agreement between the newspapers and the outside printing plants that produce the pre-prints on how to manage the inserts is of mutual benefit to both parties.
Unnecessary work is avoided, and therefore time and material saved.
It is possible also to keep damage to the inserts to a minimum. The height of the bundles in a quire must be identical. It should be possible to drive into it from all four sides with a fork-lift truck, thus improving handling in the warehouses. This increases the internal strength of the pile, which is especially important for stacking the pallets. A greater weight cannot be moved safely with a fork-lift truck.