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EXTRACTION BAR [1 record]

Record 1 2013-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
  • Postal Correspondence
DEF

[A] vertical bar printed on [mail] items that allows mechanized mail processing equipment to identify and segregate such ... items.

OBS

Extraction bars are usually printed in a series of three on Business Reply Mail items.

OBS

extraction bar: term used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
DEF

[Barre verticale] qu’on imprime sur [des] articles [de courrier] afin de permettre à l’équipement de traitement mécanisé d’identifier et de séparer ces articles des autres.

OBS

Les barres d'extraction sont habituellement imprimées en série de trois sur des articles Correspondance-réponse d'affaires.

OBS

barre d'extraction : terme en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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