Patent ID: 7950646
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B43M,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a setting of an apparatus for folding documents to be inserted into windowed envelopes, comprising: obtaining envelope type data representing envelope dimensions and a position and dimensions of a window in the envelopes of said type; obtaining document data representing an image of a specimen of documents to be inserted into envelopes of said type and at least the length of each of said documents; determining a tentative folding setting from the data representing the document dimensions and the envelope dimensions; and at least one setting cycle comprising: c) processing the envelope type data, the data representing an image of a specimen of the documents and the tentative folding setting into an overlay image representing the envelope and at least a portion of a side of the folded document that would be visible through the envelope window after folding of the specimen of the documents in accordance with the tentative folding setting and insertion of the folded specimen into an envelope of said type; d) displaying the overlay image to an operator; and e) if the overlay image is not satisfactory, inputting another tentative folding setting or, if the overlay image is satisfactory, selecting the tentative folding setting as the folding setting to be applied for folding documents.