Document collating and inserting system having displays for document

Abstract

A document collating and inserting system having displays for document count verification. A plurality of bank checks belonging to a check set are fed, counted and stacked at a stacking station while simultaneously an associated statement is fed to an imaging station where a number imprinted thereon is imaged by a video camera and displayed on a video monitor. The number represents a predetermined number which should equal the actual number of checks counted, the actual count also being displayed. An operator makes a visual comparison of the two displayed numbers and, if they are in agreement, initiates a cycle of the system thereby forming a collation of the statement and checks and transporting them to a holding station. From the holding station the collation is inserted within an envelope provided by an envelope feeder during the next cycle of the system. If the two numbers are not in agreement a mismatch switch is provided for the operator to activate before cycling the system. After indicating the mismatch the operator must remove the erroneous collation from the holding station in order to cycle the system once again. After removing the erroneous collation and cycling the system, an envelope is not provided by the envelope feeder, thereby avoiding the possibility of inadvertently postage metering and mailing an empty envelope.