Franking machines

Mailing is a means of communicating at long distances since the beginning or the era when the humans knew how to translate each other’s language. Mailing and postal services are usually maintained by the government since the service requires low expense and high security sometimes. With the development of internet and other technologies and smart feature like the e-mail and blogging, the mailing and postal service has reduced in number. One might think that this will reduce any work pressure on the mailing service, but they are wrong. With the ever increasing needs to send goods and items over the mail has increased. Services like mail order and online payment has increased the requirement of the postal service and to keep up with their increased wok the firm has implemented new and easier technologies like the franking machines. Apart from their usage in the mailing industry, private firms may use them as well for mailing and letter movement in their own firm.

Advantages of the franking machine

• Increased security and more reliability. Addition of an ERA (External return address) with the logo of the franks and the undelivered mail will return to the posting office.
• Professional feeling and logo printing. The franks allow logos to be added, a small personal message or any sort of product advertisement or promotion, for somewhat free.
• For private firms, this saves up to 22% from the Royal Mails. Since the letters are pre coded, it enables discount from the Royal Mail and any other privileged discount.
• The franks save a lot of time. No licking and arranging of the stamps, so it saves a lot of time.
• Convenient. The machines are easy to use and are not hefty, which means they can be used by anyone and everyone.
• The franking machines make the job much easier and to be performed much easier.

Over the years the franking machines have developed in many ways. With the government mailing services using it, private firms too have taken it into account and use small franking machines unlike the large ones used in the government sectors. The universal postal union (UPU), register the franks which means just by printing on the mails, they become eligible for mailing service. Not all mails are kept under the authority of the franking machines. Mails are franked according to their classes and under the regulations of the world’s national postal administration.