What is BS EN 14615 - Digital postage marks about?
BS EN 14615 is an international standard that focuses on postal services and digital postage marks with applications, security and design. BS EN 14615 specifies a recommended procedure for the development of specifications for applications of digital postage marks (DPMs) – i.e. applications linked to the use of digital printing and image data capture technologies in the postal industry, most particularly for the evidencing of postage accounting and/or payment.
Who is BS EN 14615 - Digital postage marks for?
BS EN 14615 on digital postage marks applications, security and design is useful for:
- Mailer Postage Accounting
- Postal service providers
Why should you use BS EN 14615 - Digital postage marks?
The transition from letterpress to digital printing provides the opportunity for a more effective way to communicate information on postal items. Current Postmarks include information such as postage value, date of posting and equipment identification, but this information is not readily machine-readable. The emergence of digital printing and image processing technologies offers the opportunity to encode critical data in the form of digital postage marks (DPMs) which are more suitable for computer data capture.
BS EN 14615 identifies a variety of factors that need to be considered in the DPM design process. It has three main purposes. BS EN 14615 is intended to serve as:
- A standard process: for the design of applications using digital postage marks
- A guide: to help in structuring local standards for digital postage marks
- A cross-reference: to point to other standards and documents related to DPM applications
BS EN 14615 provides many examples of possible architectures and design solutions too the issues which are raised.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 14615:2017 supersedes BS EN 14615:2005 which has been withdrawn. BS EN 14615:2017 has been editorially revised.