Patent ID: 8520233

Claim:
A print shop mailing verification system comprising: at least one printing device including at least one paper source supplying paper having an electronic data storage device attached to each piece of paper, each electronic data storage device having page identification information stored therein; a quality control reader device adapted to sense the page identification information stored in the electronic data storage devices of a completed print job; a computer in communication with the at least one printing device and the quality control reader device, the computer including a database having: a page count of the number of pages of each print job received by the at least one printing device, and the page identification information of each piece of paper utilized by the at least one printing device to print each print job; an inserter system receiving pages output from the at least one printing device; a sorting device in communication with the computer; and a transport device adapted to convey pages output by the inserter system to the sorting device; wherein the quality control reader device is disposed proximate to the transport device.