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Glossary "O"
Official mail Mail authorized by federal law to be sent by government officials without postage prepayment. It includes franked mail sent by members of Congress and penalty mail sent by U.S. government agencies.
Offset Lithography Printing process where the image is offset to a rubber blanket before being transferred to the paper stock
One-Off Recordable CD Used for testing programs in the actual CD environment. They are made one at a time by recording on a blank recordable CD made especially for this purpose.
Open Fonts New generation of cross platform fonts – works with Windows XP and Mac OS X
Optical character reader (OCR) An automated mail sorting machine that interprets the address information on a letter-size mailpiece and sprays the corresponding ZIP Code information onto the piece as a barcode.
Optional endorsement line (OEL) A series of specific printed characters on the top line of the address block that identifies the sortation level of a package and may contain an ACS participant code. The OEL is used in place of package labels.
Orange Book Standard The standards for the recordable compact disc. The
Origin bulk mail center (OBMC) Presort rate A rate available for Parcel Post that is properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the origin BMC or other designated postal facility.
OS-9 A real time operating system used in CD-I.
Outsert Mailing industry term for an external attachment.
Overflow tray A less-than-full tray that contains pieces remaining after preparation of full trays for the same destination. Overflow trays may be prepared only if allowed by the standards for the rate claimed.
Oversized rate Parcel Post rate for pieces exceeding 108 inches but not more than 130 inches in combined length and girth.