Patent ID: 8333053

Claim:
A system comprising: a printer subsystem to print literature associated with a prescription order, the prescription order including a plurality of prescription containers, a prescription container of the plurality of prescription containers including a machine readable code; and a packer subsystem to receive the plurality of prescription containers and the literature; and combine the plurality of prescription containers and the literature into a package, the packer subsystem comprising a conveyor to receive the plurality of prescription containers; a code reader to read a plurality of machine readable codes and transmit order identifying information to a packer controller based, at least in part, on reading of the plurality of machine readable codes, the plurality of machine readable codes including the machine readable code; a container pick-and-place mechanism to remove the plurality of prescription containers from the conveyor and transport the plurality of prescription containers to a weighing device; the weighing device to determine the weight of the plurality of prescription containers and transmit container weight information; the packer controller in communication with the weighing device, the packer controller to control the container pick-and-place mechanism in accordance with the order identifying information, receive the container weight information, and calculate package weight information based, at least in part, on the container weight information and document weight information, the document weight information based on the literature printed by the printer subsystem; and a mail manifest device in communication with the packer controller, the mail manifest device to receive the package weight information and generate shipping information including postage.