Qwest Communications International Inc.

Steven E Cole

Larry C Pollard

Kurtis A Haufschild

An ultra-heavy mail piece processing system first collects the data to be printed out and then formats the data for printing. A rendering process then determines how the mail piece will be printed. Based on the total number of pages in the mail piece, the system will direct mail pieces having a total number of pages equal to or greater than an upper bound to an ultra-heavy handling process. The data stream for each ultra-heavy mail piece is split into a data stream for the first page and a data stream for all the second pages for the mail piece. The data stream for each first page is sent to a printer for printing in one-up format. The data stream for each set of second pages is reformatted to allow the data stream for each set of second pages to be sent to and printed on a different printer from the first printer in a two-up format. After each of the first pages and each set of second pages are printed, the first pages are manually collated with their corresponding set of second pages, and each mail piece is then manually packaged up and the proper postage is applied for mailing.

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Belleview, NE, United States of America

Steven E Cole