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Printing envelopes. How how much ink coverage is allowed?

Robt (75 points) | Sun, 2008-03-02 02:12

I'm designing a custom #10 envelope and want it to be a medium brown. Is there a guideline for the US Postal Service on what's allowed? Does anyone just know if it can't be too dark?

Thanks!

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natobasso | Sun, 2008-03-02 05:58

This might help:
http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/601.htm#wp1140026

12.1.5 Definitions
For this standard, color prominently contrasting excludes any color, or any intensity of an otherwise included color, that does not permit legible reproduction by ordinary office photocopying equipment used under normal operating conditions, and which is not at least as vivid as any other color on the face of the solicitation; and color includes black.

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