Patent ID: 7604227

Claim:
A method for the production of multiple different orders of custom folded envelopes, the method comprising: for each respective order, producing a respective stack of sheets of envelope stock, the respective stack comprising a first sheet followed by a plurality of production sheets of envelope stock, the plurality of production sheets having identical content printed thereon, and the first sheet having an appearance that differs from the appearance of the production sheets such that when the respective stack of sheets of envelope stock is processed into folded envelopes, one or more edges of the envelope formed from the first sheet is visually distinctive from corresponding one or more edges of each of the envelopes formed from each of the production sheets; providing the respective stacks of sheets of envelope stock to an envelope processing machine such that the envelope machine continuously processes the stacks of sheets into folded envelopes; visually examining the envelopes produced by the envelope machine; identifying groups of envelopes positioned between two envelopes formed from first sheets as corresponding to an envelope job; and manually removing the identified envelopes for further processing.