The power of the Criterion product line continues with WayMark: An alternative to digital meters.

This permit-based postage payment solution enables mailers to verify the weight of every mailpiece, calculate postage, generate postage reports, and optionally print customized indicia all in one operation. It consists of a high-speed weight verification module and an optional permit printer integrated into a Criterion sorter system.

WayMark has realized 100% USPS acceptance of mailing.

Benefits

• Eliminates the step of separating mail by weight for a permit mailing, thus increasing presort qualification and decreasing labor time
• Verifies postage at high speeds up to 36,000 mailpieces per hour based on mailpiece size — greatly improving operational productivity
• Quality Weight Verification — checks weight anomalies against expected value via high-speed mailpiece insert verification. Eliminates postage estimation errors
• Greatly reduces operational costs such as ink and labor costs
• Eliminates metering mailpieces prior to running them through a sorter. No need to purchase meters. No additional machine runs

WayMark increases the value for presorting mail by:

• Allowing mailers to convert from an expensive metering solution to a permit environment without the need for file-based processing software at the front-end of their mail production process
• Saving on metered reclamation costs (usually 15% of postage applied) and the associated labor to prepare the mailpieces for postage reclamation by using permit mailings
• Allowing multi-ounce processing without keyline data
• Streamlining permit process/enabling pre-sorters to submit permit mailings in place of clients
• Optimizing management of float on postage funds
• Optionally printing customized marketing information and transaction dating

Specifications

Module dimensions:

• Height: 45"
• Length: 81"
• Width: 30"

Two system modes:

• Weight verification and permit printing
• Normal sorting (weight verification and permit printing turned off)

System handles all automation letter mail as defined in the USPS DMM:

• Aspect ratio: 1.3 to 2.5
• Minimum mailpiece dimensions: 3.5" high, 5" long, and .007" thick
• Maximum mailpiece dimensions: 6-1/8" high, 11-1/2" long, and 1/4" thick
• Maximum weight: 3.3 ounce

Scale accuracy:

• Maximum 5% deviation
• Cycle rate speed up to 36,000 per hour