Patent ID: 6106666
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B41J,B43M,B65H

Abstract:
Apparatus for capturing, folding and sealing a form sheet to prepare a self-mailer as it exits a desktop printer having a print-side-down output accumulation tray on its upper structure, comprising:a) a paper guide arranged under a folding machine, said folding machine mounted above a desktop printer said guide being extendible so that, in its extended position, it will deflect said form sheets exiting said printer from said printer's normal output accumulation tray upwards;b) folding and sealing means configured to receive said form sheet output from said paper guide for folding and sealing said form sheet into a mailable self-mailer format;c) transport means to transport said folded self-mailers into an accumulating stacker;d) said paper guide, in its unextended position, permitting normal printer output exiting said printer to stack in its usual manner in its output accumulation tray; and,e) an opening under said folding and sealing apparatus permitting retrieval of said normal printer output from said output accumulation tray.