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The Sort-Glide Labeling System
For instance, Monday’s high mail volumes may require a label strip that provides many separations for each mail stop. For the remainder of the week label strips covering fewer separations per stop are used. This frees up space for other tasks such as preparing outgoing mail packets to telecommuters or field sales reps. Labels provide a generous 1-1/2" of vertical space within which to record the desired detail for each destination. A label for a destination that covered 5 separations for instance would have 5" x 1-1/2" of space available.
Generally the bottom 1/2" of the label is used to identify the mail stop or presorting destination while the upper 1" can be used to identify detail for desired collation within the bundle. If no collation is required, this space can simply provide a reference list of names within the stop. Separation break lines shown above mail stop are optional. Note that when the collated bundle for the mail stop illustrated above is delivered the manager's mail will be on top, followed by alphabetized mail for the other staff, and finally magazines on the bottom. Labels can be cut from any paper stock or from pre-printed perforated Label Sheets. Labels slip into the top of the magnetic strip and show through a flexible, clear plastic protective face. One 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper provides labels for an entire row of 50 separations. Most database and word processing programs can be set up to print labels on a standard laser printer. |
Sort Glide Mail Sorters use a removable magnetic
strip that holds labels for an entire row of 50 "comb" separations. By
simply changing label strips the same fixture can be used for different address
groups . . . or for different applications altogether. Thus, while conventional
sorters require time-consuming mechanical adjustment of dividers and bins to
accommodate differing mail volumes or reorganizations, Sort-Glide Sorters do
so with a simple label change in seconds. 