Patent ID: 7610248

Claim:
In a system for assembling a mailing unit for mailing, wherein the mailing unit is formed from a plurality of components including inserts and envelopes that are provided to the system, a method for producing and weighing the mailing unit, comprising: determining at a controller a weight for each of the components of the mailing unit and electronically storing a record of the weights at a memory in the system; printing at a printer in the system an identifier on one of the components forming the mailing unit after that one of the components has been provided to the system, wherein the identifier is used in identifying the components of the mailing unit; reading at a reader the identifier to determine the components of the mailing unit; placing the inserts into the envelope to form the mailing unit; determining the weight of the mailing unit based on the weights of the components utilized to form the mailing unit that are stored in the memory as a weight record.