Patent ID: 7133851

Claim:
A system for combined mailing (co-mailing) of a plurality of diverse publications to a plurality of recipients, comprising: a bindery for binding a plurality of signatures, the bindery binding the plurality of signatures to create a plurality of first publications and a plurality of second publications, each of the plurality of first publications and each of the plurality of second publications being in an order, the order identifying each of the plurality of first publications and each of the plurality of second publications with each of the plurality of recipients; and a co-mailer for combining the plurality of first publications with the plurality of second publications to form the plurality of diverse publications, the co-mailer comprising a merge stream that merges the plurality of first publications and the plurality of second publications into the order to mail the plurality of diverse publications to the plurality of recipients; a sortation device that receives the plurality of diverse publications merged by the merge stream and sorts each of the plurality of diverse publications by a mail rate; a first print head, the first print head printing an identifier information on each of the plurality of diverse publications in a customized orientation and a customized placement on a first portion of each of the plurality of diverse publications; and a second print head, the second print head printing the identifier information on each of the plurality of diverse publications in a customized orientation and a customized placement on a second portion of each of the plurality of diverse publications.