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STOP #6 - Mail Manifest
When a shipment box has been filled, it is pushed out of the lighted bins area onto a conveyor belt to be prepared for shipment. The boxes come down the conveyor and are guided through the padlock, which seals each box with tape, top and bottom simultaneously. At the mail manifest station, the box is weighed and a computer program determines the least expensive method of shipping it to the depository. A commercial contractor has the mailing contract although some material is shipped via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Libraries outside the contiguous United States receive their boxes via first class mail. The boxes are loaded on skids and sent down to the ground floor where the mailing contractor or USPS picks them up daily.
| "Padlocker" machine seals shipment box | Boxes roll down shipment line |  |
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| Boxes with bar-coded labels pass by an electronic scanner, which computes the shipment rate for the commercial carrier. First Class Postal Service-labeled boxes are automatically detected and redirected off the line, then weighted manually by LPS staff for the correct postal rate. | Boxes continue to roll down line |
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| Shipment boxes loaded onto pallets | Billing charges computed for a pallet load of shipment boxes |  |
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| Fork lift truck brings shipment boxes to 6th floor freight elevator | Fork lift carries shipment boxes on to elevator |  |
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