Patent ID: 7644004

Claim:
A method for preparing mail packages to be sent to recipients, a mail package comprising a carrier envelope, a content document within the carrier envelope, the content document having a content style code printed on it, and a reply envelope within the carrier envelope, the method comprising: storing in a computer a list of recipients and for each recipient storing a corresponding content style for the recipient; feeding, using a mail package transport, the mail package in a series of mail packages; scanning, using a scanner arranged proximal to the transport, the content style code through a back window of the carrier envelope while the mail package is being fed; determining, using a computer, a content style for the content document from the scanned content style code; selecting, using the computer, a recipient having the corresponding content style from the list of recipients; and printing, using a printing mechanism coupled to the computer system, the recipient's name and address information onto an address area of the reply envelope through an address window on a front of the carrier envelope.