WASHINGTON – The Governors of the U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of Tammy L. Whitcomb as the third Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service. The Office o... View More
As always, I want to thank all of our readers who completed part one of our annual survey. This survey provides an extremely valuable benchmark of industry wages, certifications... View More
This originally appeared in the September/October, 2018 issue of Mailing Systems Technology.As a mailer, you took the right steps to select a service provider for your documents. The request for... View More
On July 30, 2018, the OIG released a study entitled Millennials and the Mail. Millennials, defined as adults between 18 and 34, check their mailboxes less frequently than older generations, yet they en
Washington, DC – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission issued Orders 4875 and 4876 approving the Postal Service’s planned rate adjustments for both Market Dominant... View More
The first jobs run on your new inkjet press are likely to be legacy applications previously run on toner-based printers or offset presses. That's not a bad strategy. You’ll be starting with s... View More
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service reported operating revenue of $70.6 billion for fiscal year 2018 (October 1, 2017 - September 30, 2018), an increase of $1.0 billio... View More
For many transactional First-Class mailers, managing regulatory compliance around notification documents can be a huge task. When consulting with property and casualty insurers, the discussion is almo
Austin, TX – October 2, 2018 – ShipStation, the leading web-based e-commerce shipping solution, today released the 2018 edition of their annual holiday shipping deadlines infographic. The... View More
CARMEL, Ind., Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Alert for Mail is pleased to announce the release of SAM, the world's first cloud-enabled alert system for a residential mailbox. SAM is t... View More
An unfortunate yet chronic criticism of the Postal Service is that it seems to not understand its commercial customers’ businesses. What they do, why they do it, what their business objectives are... View More
Secure Destruction (SD), a value-added mail service offering that was initially launched nationally on November 18th, 2014 for first class letter mail, will now be available for first class... View More
This originally appeared in the September/October, 2018 issue of Mailing Systems Technology. Certain things in life, like wire clothes hangers and tangled holiday lights, are just so annoying tha... View More
There are new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) lease accounting standards taking effect December 15, 2018 that will impact the way companies account for their leases. Since most mailing equ
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today of price changes to take effect Jan. 27, 2019. The proposed prices, approved by th... View More
SAN DIEGO — October 9, 2018 — Memjet (Memjet.com), a leading developer of inkjet printing technology, announces that healthcare insurer BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) of Tenness... View More
MOBILE, AL – Three new Xante' products have been recognized as some of the most innovative technologies being presented at PRINT18. The inaugural “Red Hot Technologies” awards represent... View More
Unlike legacy IMb Tracing, which only provided piece tracking for subscribers, the U.S. Postal Service’s Informed Visibility (IV) makes a variety of data available from a single system... View More
SAN DIEGO, CA, September 20 2018— One year after the launch of DuraLink, Memjet announced the company has signed new OEM partners, formed alliances with strategic primer and integrator compani... View More
The printing technology portion of the mailing process has seen revolutions over the last few decades. Pre-printed forms overprinted with impact printers grew into pre-printed forms overprinted... View More
