OCRPhosphor Code

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From: P. John

4 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I'm interested in the orange phosphor dot patterns currently added
to UK envelopes during mechanised cancelling/sorting. I understand
these pattern represent address/sorting data read using optical
character recognition (OCR).

Please could you,

- tell me what the formal name for the orange phosphor dot encoding
system is?

- provide a full technical specification for the coding patterns?

many thanks,
Yours faithfully,

P John

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Royal Mail Group Limited

5 October 2009

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Dear Sir / Madam

Thank you for your request for information received on 05/10/2009, which
we are considering under the Freedom of Information Act. Under the Act
you should expect a reply from us to be sent by 30/10/2009, which is
twenty working days from receipt of your request.

If for any reason we are unable to provide you with a full response within
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Yours sincerely

John Cere
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Freedom of Information Unit
PO Box 341, ALDERSHOT, GU11 1WW

Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group Ltd. Registered in
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Registered number 4138203. Registered office at 100 Victoria Embankment,
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From: P. John

31 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am now overdue a response to this FoI request...

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Please could you provide me with the information requested?

Yours faithfully,

P. John

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Royal Mail Group Limited

2 November 2009

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Dear P John,

Please find attached a letter in response to your request for information
from Royal Mail Group.

Yours sincerely

Colin Young
Freedom of Information Manager
[Royal Mail Group request email]

(See attached file: John FOI.doc)
Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group Ltd. Registered in England
and Wales.
Registered number 4138203. Registered office at 100 Victoria Embankment,
LONDON, EC4Y 0HQ

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From: P. John

2 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

thank you for the reply.

Yours faithfully,

P. John

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