Printing (Norway)
By default, invoices sent through the print service use a Maventa-generated invoice template. This template is optimized for efficient processing, complies with all technical requirements, and is designed to fit the envelopes used by the printing service provider in each country. Customers can personalize this template by adding their company logo.
Example of Maventa template for Norwegian prints.
See the PDF layout rules for Norway provided by the printing service provider. While following these layout rules can be useful, it is not strictly necessary if you are using your own invoice image, since Maventa will automatically add a cover sheet with the recipient’s address details. This cover sheet ensures correct placement in the envelope window, is counted as an extra page, and is billed accordingly.
Customers can choose whether all invoice images should be printed in color or in black & white (via API or UI). By default, invoices are printed in Norway with black & white. If color printing is enabled, it will be billed based on the total number of pages in the invoice, regardless of how many pages actually contain color.
In addition to the company-level setting, it is also possible to define the color option for individual invoices when sending via the API.
- To enable color printing for all invoices from a company account, use the PATCH /v1/company/setting. In the
send_invoice_printblock, set the parametercolor_schemetoCOLORED. To revert to black & white, setcolor_schemetoBLACK_AND_WHITE.
Printing of attachments is enabled by default with following rules:
- Up to 3 separate attachments are allowed (maximum of 4 files including the invoice image).
- Only PDF format is allowed.
- Maximum size per attachment: 50 MB.
- Total maximum number of pages: 110.
If these limits are exceeded, all attachments will be discarded. The sender will be notified by email, but the invoice image itself will still be printed.
Note! There is an extra charge per page printed.
The Norwegian printing service uses two envelope sizes:
- For invoices of up to 8 sheets, a smaller C5 envelope is used.
- For invoices exceeding 8 sheets, a larger and more expensive C4 envelope is used.
Since all invoices are printed double-sided, an invoice must have more than 16 pages before it exceeds 8 sheets and requires the C4 envelope.
Note: If the sender’s own invoice image is used the cover sheet added by Maventa is counted as one page.
Invoices that are sent to Maventa before 24:00 will get printed, processed and enveloped overnight and handed over to the mail distributor the following morning. Production does not take place during the weekends and holidays. Mail distributors will deliver invoices to the receivers using Priority letter class.
The Return Post Automation feature, available in Norway, helps handle undeliverable printed invoices such as those sent to outdated or incorrect addresses, by redirecting them to a designated return address instead of sending them back to the original sender. This return address is automatically used as the sender address on the letters and added by Maventa. At the return address, the sender’s information is extracted, the physical letter is securely shredded, and the delivery failure is reported back to Maventa. The related invoice is then marked with a delivery error.
This provides the sender with a clear overview of failed letters, making it easier to update customer information and resend the invoice if necessary.
This feature comes with a small fee.