Patent ID: 7180617

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a library database storage device configured to store library data, said library data including actual data representing a plurality of elements, including graphic, text, layout, and style elements for use in producing printed material; a creation device configured to define at least one piece of the printed material to be produced, the at least one piece of the printed material including at least one of the plurality of elements; and a data processing device configured to receive via a file transfer system, including the Internet, record data including recipient data relating to an intended recipient of the printed material, the recipient data including data representing a name of the intended recipient and an identification number for the intended recipient, and at least one identifier data corresponding to respective actual data contained in the library database storage device, and to read from the library database storage device the actual data corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of elements in accordance with the at least one piece of the printed material defined by the creation device and the at least one identifier data included in the record data received, and the data processing device further configured to generate data representing the at least one piece of the printed material in accordance with the actual data representing the selected one of the plurality of elements that is read from the library database storage device by the data processing device and the record data that is received via the file transfer system.