Patent ID: 7300044

Claim:
A method for producing a mailpiece, comprising the steps of: preparing content material in a format suitable for use in the fabrication of the mailpiece; printing the content material on sheets using a variable data printer, the sheets including face sheets and at least one intermediate sheet; arranging the intermediate and face sheets to form a multi-sheet stack, the intermediate sheet being disposed between the face sheets and the face sheets being arranged such that at least one edge thereof extends beyond an edge of the intermediate sheet; deformation binding the multi-sheet stack along parallel bind lines to at least partially enclose the multi-sheet stack; wherein the step of arranging the sheets of the multi-sheet stack further comprises the step of: placing the face sheets of the multi-sheet stack such that the face sheets are offset relative to at least one intermediate sheet disposed therebetween, the face sheets being arranged such a first edge of each is disposed inboard of a first edge of the intermediate sheet and a second edge extends beyond a second edge of the intermediate sheet, the first and second edges being parallel to each other, the first edge of each face sheet producing an uncovered portion, and the intermediate sheet and the extended second edges of the face sheets being contiguous, and wherein the step of deformation binding the parallel bind lines includes the steps of: deformation binding the multi-sheet stack along a first bind line disposed inboard of the first edges of the face sheets, and deformation binding the multi-sheet stack along a second bind line disposed inboard of the extended second edges of the face sheets.