A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
A-Segment
Designation for the postage meter segment for customers with low mail volumes (up to 200 letters per day).
After-Sales Business
Business carried out after the sale or rental of postage meters, for example service and maintenance as well as the sale of consumables.
AllInOne
The FP Online Letter Dispatch combines several options for letter communication.
B
B-Segment
Designation for the postage meter segment for customers with medium mail volumes (200 to 2,000 letters per day).
Letter postage
Letter postage refers to postal fees or fees charged for services. Payment is made by purchasing and affixing stamps, by imprinting with postage meters, or via electronic postage stamps - these processes are called franking or prepaying.
C
CeBIT
CeBIT (Centre for Office Automation, Information Technology and Telecommunications) is the world's largest trade fair for information technology and has taken place every spring at the Hannover Exhibition Center since 1986. CeBIT is organized by Deutsche Messe AG (DMAG).
C-Segment
Designation for the postage meter segment for customers with high mail volumes (more than 2,000 letters per day).
CentorMail
The CentorMail is a high-tech postage meter from Francotyp-Postalia for medium and large mail volumes. The postage system with contactless inkjet technology offers ultimate franking convenience and extensive additional functions. Sales have been discontinued.
Cloud
English for cloud, describes online-based services such as storage and computing power.
CTI
Computer Telephony Integration. CTI technology connects the telephone with the PC.
D
DPAG
Deutsche Post AG. The German logistics and postal company.
De-Mail
De-Mail is a means of communication for the binding and confidential exchange of electronic documents via the internet. The FP subsidiary FP Digital Business Solutions GmbH is the first accredited De-Mail provider and member of a De-Mail project initiated by the German federal government.
Digitization
With the services of the FP subsidiary FP Digital Business Solutions GmbH, mail processing can be digitized at certain points: for example, incoming mail can be scanned and archived electronically. Outgoing mail can first be sent electronically via your own PC and then delivered in the form of a traditional letter.
Computer-generated postage
Also called "postage (DV) in the window"; a postage method especially for high-volume senders. Franking is carried out using in-house IT, whereby all parameters are determined in the system and the postage is printed in one step together with the letter data.
E
F
FP BusinessMail
FP BusinessMail is a hybrid mail solution from FP. With this online letter service, larger companies can outsource the processing of their daily business mail. The company sends digitally; FP takes care of printing, enveloping, and franking the letters.
G
GoGreen
GoGreen is a climate protection program for responsible logistics. The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions through carbon-neutral shipment of items. With GoGreen products, customers can make an active contribution to climate protection for a small surcharge.
H
Hybrid Mail
Hybrid mail refers to solutions in which letters are first transported digitally and then printed, franked, enveloped, and delivered as a finished letter to a letter distribution center.
I
IPX
Computer network protocol for voice transmission (developed by Novell).
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network. A digital communications network that is being phased out.
ISO 14001
The international environmental management standard ISO 14001 defines globally recognized requirements for an environmental management system. It can be applied to both manufacturing and service companies.
K
Consolidation
Designation for sorting letters by postal code and delivering them in correspondingly sorted form to a letter center. The goal is to obtain postage discounts for these pre-services.
L
Country variant
Postage meters are approved for a respective country by postal organizations through an elaborate approval process. To obtain approval, the postage meters must comply with the specifications set by the postal organizations. This results in a separate country variant for each country in which a postage meter is approved.
Liberalization
Postal liberalization is a politically initiated process at EU level that has been implemented step by step in European countries since the early 1990s. Germany is a pioneer in Europe. As of January 1, 2011, the full liberalization of the postal market in Europe was completed.
M
MailOne
MailOne is a software platform from FP in the USA. It offers additional functions such as special discounts for Express and Priority deliveries, shipment tracking, and billing to various cost centers.
MailReport
The MailReport software is used for cost center recording and analysis and ensures the greatest possible transparency around the postage meter. Every franking is recorded immediately in MailReport and assigned to a cost center. Up to three cost center levels can be set up.
MyMail-i
MyMail-i is the FP Group's postage meter for smaller mail volumes. With this entry-level solution, customers can store up to three advertising motifs and manage three cost centers. An optional scale also automatically finds the correct postage. Sales have been discontinued.
N
O
Outsourcing
English term for the outsourcing of production or services to external providers.
Online Letter
Online letter - also occasionally called electronic letter or digital letter - is an umbrella term for the electronic sending of letters. With online letters, there is a hybrid and a fully electronic variant.
OptiMail 30
OptiMail 30 is a postage meter from the FP Group that is suitable for smaller and medium mail volumes. The machine with economical thermal transfer printing stores up to six advertising motifs and offers a large display with extremely simple operation. Sales have been discontinued.
P
PostBase
The PostBase is the current innovative franking system from Francotyp-Postalia. Intuitive to operate via touchscreen, the PostBase stands out, for example, due to its particularly quiet operating noise and modular design. The latter enables a precise alignment with individual customer requirements.
Postage credit
Also called restricted cash. In some countries, postage meter users are required to prepay postage credit. These amounts of money are managed by the FP Group and represent liabilities to customers. These credits should be distinguished from teleporto.
R
Royal Mail
Royal Mail is the national postal service in Great Britain.
S
Collective communication
Individualized daily mail that is centrally consolidated.
Signature
A signature stands for a handwritten signature. An electronic signature, also called an "e-signature," can replace the handwritten signature. FP Sign is a legally compliant service for signing digital documents.
SIP
The Session Initiation Protocol breaks calls into individual data packets.
T
Teleporto
Also called remote value setting, a process that enables postage values to be loaded into postage meters via telephone or modem. The modern service called FP-Basic communicates via internet services.
TK system
Computer for processing telecommunications data.
U
UPU – International postal organization
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was founded in 1874 and still regulates international cooperation between postal authorities and the framework conditions for cross-border mail traffic. The organization is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.
UltiMail
UltiMail is an FP postage meter whose sales have been discontinued. It has a modular design and offers up to nine storable advertising motifs, variable text messages in the franking imprint, optional differential weighing, and up to 150 cost centers.
VOIP Voice over IP
Transmission of voice information over the internet, based on the Internet Protocol.
VDSL
VDSL refers to high-speed data transmission of up to 210 megabits per second.
W
WebBrief24
The online letter portal Webbrief24 refers to the digital mailroom of Francotyp-Postalia, with which business mail (such as invoices or advertising letters) can be sent online easily and conveniently.
Z
Certification
Issuing the operating license for postage meters.
2
2D barcode technology
In contrast to one-dimensional barcodes, data in 2D barcode technology are not encoded in only one direction (one-dimensional), but in the form of an area across two dimensions, from which the term is derived. The advantage is a higher density of useful information that can be accommodated per area (see also Annual Report 2009, p. 7)