Patent ID: 8274691

Claim:
A system for printing documents, wherein the documents are comprised of one or more material sheets with each material sheet having a top narrow-edge, a distal bottom narrow-edge, and two side long-edges and printed merged document information having a head region and a bottom region, wherein the printed merged document information head region is printed proximate one of said material sheet narrow-edges on a continuous web of printable material, wherein the continuous web has a direction of motion during the document printing process, comprising: a) a programmable computer and associated database containing document data and form information for merging document data with form information to produce said merged document information and formatting said merged document information into a printable duplexed head region-to-head region printed merged document format comprised of two paired material sheets mated at said narrow-edges having head region-to-head region merged document information printed on said paired material sheets wherein said printed head region-to-head region merged document information has a shared axis that is parallel with said side long-edges and is perpendicular to the direction of motion of the continuous web and b) a printer for printing said merged document information, interfaced with said means for merging and formatting, wherein said printer is configured to print said duplexed head region-to-head region merged document information on the continuous web, wherein said printer comprises: i) paired first printer heads with each head within said pair printing in black on one material sheet of said duplexed head region-to-head region material sheet formatted document and ii) at least one second printer head for printing in color in the head region on both material sheets of said duplexed head region-to-head region material sheet formatted document.