System and method for controlling an apparatus to produce mail pieces in non-standard configurations
US5067305A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 1990 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C1/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus and control system for producing items in selected configurations and a system and method for controlling the same. More particularly, an apparatus for producing mail pieces and a system and method for controlling it to produce mail pieces in a variety of configurations are disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser printer and folding sealing apparatus controlled by a data processor. The folder sealer apparatus combines sheets printed by the laser printer with pre-printed sheets and envelope forms, which also may be printed by the laser printer or may be windowed envelopes, folds the sheets as necessary and folds and seals the envelope form about the folded sheets to produce a mail piece. A user inputs a configuration for the mail piece which is translated by the data processor into a data structure and transmitted to the controller of the folder sealer apparatus. The controller controls devices comprised in the laser printer and the folder sealer by executing state routines in accordance with the data structure to produce the mail piece in the defined configuration. Concurrently the data processor transmits text from an output file to the laser printer for printing on…
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