Patent ID: 6560602
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A method of processing bulk certified mail comprising the steps of:pre-printing a plurality of mailer forms each comprising a single sheet having first, second and third panels spaced longitudinally one from the other along said sheet and connected to one another along first and second longitudinally spaced, laterally extending fold lines between said first and second panels and said second and third panels, respectively; wherein a detachable postal return receipt card having a substantially white return address field is printed on said third panel, and defined thereon by a set of lines of perforation; creating an information file containing a predetermined message in electronic format for printing on each of said plurality of mailer forms in a predetermined area on one face thereof; creating an address file in electronic format containing addresses of a number of the intended recipients of said plurality of mailer forms for printing the address of each of the intended recipients on an individual one of said plurality of mailer forms; merging said information file and said address file; printing said merged information and address file on said mailer form, with said predetermined message printed on said one face of each mailer; printing the address of an intended recipient a first time on a second face of each mailer in said second panel and printing the address of the intended recipient a second time in a field defined on said postal receipt card on said third panel, and printing a return address on said postal receipt card printed in said substantially white return address field on said second face; folding first and second panels about said first fold line into registry with one another adhering one to one another along with said pattern of adhesive registering with said first face; folding said third panel about said second fold line to register with and overlie said first panel along the second face of said sheet and adhering said first face of said third panel thereto along opposite margins thereof to form a completed mailer, each mailer bearing the address of the intended recipient, and having said postal receipt card integrally and detachably formed thereon.