Patent ID: 11861241
Assignee: QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for producing mail batches on at least one inserter from a plurality of inserters equipped with scanners and located at multiple production sites each comprising at least one printer, the method comprising:
preparing a print job containing several individual documents and a job file for a mail batch
allocating the mail batch to at least one production site with a production software running on a production server,
flagging the mailpieces for the at least one production site,
sending the print job to the at least one printer of the at least one production site,
printing the individual documents,
delivering the individual documents to at least one inserter of the at least one production site,
scanning a first mailpiece identifier on a first document,
sending an initial request to the production server including the first mailpiece identifier and identifying the inserter and the at least one production site,
verifying with the production software that the first mailpiece identifier is valid, and
sending back to the at least one inserter a confirmation message for processing the mailpiece,, wherein the confirmation message includes a list of valid mailpiece identifiers neighbouring the first mailpiece identifier in the job file.