CA2355474C - Pressure seal form with attached card - Google Patents

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CA2355474C
CA2355474C CA 2355474 CA2355474A CA2355474C CA 2355474 C CA2355474 C CA 2355474C CA 2355474 CA2355474 CA 2355474 CA 2355474 A CA2355474 A CA 2355474A CA 2355474 C CA2355474 C CA 2355474C
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A mailer type business form intermediate has at least one, preferably plastic, card releasably mounted to a first face of the intermediate, the plastic card having a top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia, and the bottom surface of the card directly adhered to the first face of the intermediate by removable adhesive. The intermediate may be V, C, or Z-folded to produce a mailer with or without built in reply envelope, and with or without inserts. Preferably pressure sealed cohesive is used to seal the panels of the intermediate together after folding about fold lines. Common variable indicia is imaged on the top surface of the plastic card, and on a surface of the intermediate. The common indicia may include name and/or address indicia, which is substantially simultaneously imaged on the card top surface and the first face of the intermediate by a single pass through a toner-based simplex printer.

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w PRESSURE SEAL FORM WITH ATTACHED CARD
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In modem society there are increasing uses of cards for a wide variety of purposes.
Examples of some of many uses of such cards are as medical provider cards, proof of insurance cards, retail ID cards, telecommunications cards, gift cards, temporary ID cards, club membership cards, government ID cards, etc. While such cards may be cardboard, heavy paper, or paper laminated with transparent plastic, it is desirable in many circumstances to provide plastic cards, and to have personalized information on the plastic cards.
Heretofore it has difficult in an efficient and cost effective manner to mail out personalized cards, particularly plastic personalized cards, having variable indicia on the cards. Oftentimes toner based application of indicia to plastic cards is not held effectively so that it is difficult to use conventional toner based printer to image variable indicia on cards. Also, it can be cumbersome to try and match variable indicia imaged cards with variable indicia imaged on accompanying forms or envelopes.
According to the present invention a mailer type business form intermediate, a mailer produced from the intermediate, and a method of producing a mailable product, are provided which overcome problems mentioned above and allow the efficient and cost effective production of mailers having cards (desirably plastic cards) with variable indicia imaged thereon. The invention preferably utilizes conventional mailer base stock, such as available form Moore North America, Inc. of Bannockburn, Illinois, and applies a card, preferably a plastic card having a top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia, onto the intermediate, and then passes the intermediate with releasably mounted card thereon through a simplex or duplex conventional toner-applying printer.
Then the intermediate can be folded and sealed as is conventional, such as utilizing commercially available equipment from Moore North America, Inc. According to the invention V-fold, C-fold, Z-fold, and eccentric versions thereof may all be utilized.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a mailer type business form intermediate comprising: A substantially quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and bottom substantially parallel edges, and substantially parallel side edges substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom edges.
At least a first fold line substantially parallel to the top and bottom edges and dividing the sheet of paper into at least first and second panels, the first panel between the top edge and first fold line.
At least first and second patterns of sealing adhesive or cohesive applied to at least one of the first and second faces to effect sealing of the sheet into a mailer type business form when the sheet is folded about at least the first fold line. And at least one plastic card releasably mounted on the first face, the plastic card having top and bottom surtaces, the top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia.
The intermediate may further comprise common variable indicia formed by toner, imaged on the plastic card top surface, and on at least one of the first and second faces of the sheet. Typically the plastic card is releasably mounted on the sheet first face by 5 conventional removable pressure sensitive adhesive acting directly between the first face of the sheet, and card bottom surface. The common variable indicia preferably includes human readable name and/or address indicia.
In the preferred embodiment the sealing adhesive or cohesive comprises pressure seal cohesive; and the mailer intermediate further comprises first and second lines of weakness parallel to the side edges and spaced therefrom to define tear strips, the patterns of pressure seal adhesive disposed at least in part in the tear strips. Also, in the preferred embodiment the at least first fold line comprises at least first and second parallel fold lines, defining the sheet into at least first, second, and third panels, the second panel between the first and second panels, and the third panel between the bottom edge and the second fold line. For example, the sheet may consist essentially of the first, second and third panels, the second panel adjoining both the first and third panels, and forms a mailer by Z-folding or eccentrically Z-folding about the fold lines, and the common variable indicia is imaged on the first face of the sheet. Also desirably the at least one plastic card is mounted in at least one of the first and second panels of the sheet, and the common indicia is imaged on the third panel first face.
The invention also comprises a mailer formed by folding any of the intermediates as described above about the at least first fold line, and sealing the adhesive or cohesive;
such as by Z-folding, or eccentrically Z-folding, the intermediate about first and second fold lines, and pressure sealing the cohesive (e.g. by applying at least 100 pounds per lineal inch of force to the intermediate at the cohesive).
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of making mailable product including a mailer type business form intermediate with at least one mounted plastic card, each plastic card having top and bottom surfaces, and the top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia, the method comprising:
(a) Making an intermediate comprising a substantially quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and bottom substantially parallel edges, and substantially parallel side edges substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom edges, at least a first fold line substantially parallel to the top and bottom edges and dividing the sheet of paper into at least first and second panels, the first panel between the top edge and first fold line, and at 5 least first and second patterns of sealing adhesive or cohesive applied to at least one of the first and second faces to effect sealing of the sheet into a mailer type business form when the sheet is folded about at least the first fold line. (b) Releasably mounting the at least one plastic card on the first face. And then (c) applying toner to the top surface of the at least one plastic card and at least one of the first and second faces of the intermediate to provide common variable indicia on the top surface of the at least one plastic card and at least one of the first and second faces of the intermediate.
In the performance of the method, (c) may be practiced by a common pass through a printer (either simplex or duplex, preferably simplex). Also, in the performance of the method (a) may be practiced to produce an intermediate having first and second fold lines, and first, second, and third panels; and then (b) is practiced to mount the at least one plastic card on at least one of the first and second panels of the intermediate; and then (c) is practiced, at least in part, to image common name and/or address indicia on the at least one plastic card and on the third panel first face. Also, the method may further comprise after (c), (d) Z-folding, or eccentrically Z-folding, the intermediate about the fold lines. For J example, in the performance of the method (a) is practiced to apply pressure seal cohesive to both the first and second faces, and the method further comprises, after (d), (e) applying sufficient pressure to the folded intermediate to cause the pressure seal adhesive to seal the form.
Also, in the method typically (b) is practiced by applying a removable pressure sensitive adhesive directly to the bottom surface of the card and the first face of the intermediate (e.g. by applying the adhesive first to the intermediate and then bringing the card into operative contact with the adhesive).
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a mailer type business form intermediate comprising: A substantially quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and bottom substantially parallel edges, and substantially parallel side edges substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom edges.
At least a first fold line substantially parallel to the top and bottom edges and dividing the sheet of paper into at least first and second panels, the first panel between the top edge and first fold line.
At least first and second patterns of sealing adhesive or cohesive applied to at least one of the first and second faces to effect sealing of the sheet into a mailer type business form S when the sheet is folded about at least the first fold line. At least one card releasably mounted on the first face, the card having top and bottom surfaces, the top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia. And common variable indicia formed by toner, imaged on the plastic card top surface, and on at least one of the first and second faces of the sheet. And, wherein the card is releasably mounted on the sheet first face by removable adhesive acting directly between the first face of the sheet, and card bottom surface.
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an efficient and cost effective product and method for delivering one or a plurality of ID cards with personalized information imaged thereon to designated recipients. This and other objects of the invention will become clear from an inspection of the detailed description of the invention and from the appended claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of an exemplary mailer type business form intermediate according to the invention, with a plastic card shown adjacent thereon;

FIGURE 2 is a bottom plan view of the intermediate of FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 3 is a top plan view of a portion of the intermediate of FIGURE 1 after the card has been mounted on the intermediate;
FIGURE 4 is a top perspective view of an exemplary mailer formed from the 5 intermediate of FIGURES 1 through 3; and FIGURE 5 is a schematic box diagram illustrating various procedures that may be performed in the practice of the method according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A mailer type business form 51, as illustrated in FIGURE 4, is produced from a folded (e.g. Z-folded) paper sheet 10 having first and second faces 11, 12 (FIGURES 1 and 2, respectively), first and second opposite longitudinal edges 13, 14 (typically formed by slitting the intermediate to remove tractor drive strips and produce that of FIGURES 1 and 2), and first (top) and second (bottom) opposite transverse edges 15, 16. The sheets 10 also comprise longitudinal lines of weakness (such as perforations) 17, 18 parallel to the longitudinal edges 13, 14, to define tear off strips, and first and second fold lines 19, 20, parallel to the transverse (top and bottom) edges 15, 16. Transverse lines of weakness 21, 22 also are preferably provided spaced from and on opposite sides of the transverse fold line 20, the lines of weakness 21, 22 preferably being perforations.
The transverse fold lines 19, 20 divide the sheet 10 into at least first, second, and third sections or panels 24, 25, and 26, respectively. The third section 26 is typically the section having the address area for the mailer produced from the sheet 10. The spacing between the second transverse fold line 20 and the lines of weakness 21, 22 may each be about '/2 of an inch.
Adjacent the first transverse (leading) edge 15 there preferably is provided a transverse line of weakness (e.g., perforation) 27, parallel to the edge 15 and spaced from the edge 15. Between the line of weakness 27 And the first transverse edge 15 is an adhesive or cohesive pattern, such as the discontinuous transverse strip 28, which is parallel to the edge 15. While heat activated adhesive, or other conventional adhesive, may be utilized for the adhesive pattern 28, preferably the adhesive is conventional pressure sensitive cohesive used with the Moore Speedisealer~ pressure seal equipment, as on the conventional Moore Sealermate~ Z-folded pressure seal system form.
The face 11 also includes a transverse pattern (e.g., discontinuous strip) 30 of adhesive or cohesive spaced from the second transverse fold line 20, in second section 25.
Longitudinal strips of adhesive or cohesive 32-35 are also disposed on the sheet 10 face 11. They are disposed in the longitudinal marginal portions (tear strips) formed between the first and second longitudinal lines of weakness 17, 18 and the first and second longitudinal edges 13, 14, respectively -- spaced transversely from each other, in the form of integral or discontinuous strips or other geometric patterns. Patterns 32, 33 are provided in the longitudinal portion adjacent the second longitudinal line of weakness 18, while similar patterns 34, 35 are disposed adjacent the first longitudinal line of weakness 17.
On the face 12 (FIGURE 2) other transverse adhesive patterns are provided. For example, the patterns (e.g. discontinuous strip) 37 are provided in the second section 25, spaced from the first transverse fold line 19. Transverse patterns 39 are provided in the 5 third section 26, spaced from the trailing end edge 16. On the face 12 are also further longitudinal patterns 41, 42 which cooperate with each other to effect holding of the final mailer together in the longitudinal margin adjacent the first longitudinal line of weakness 17, and patterns 49, 50 (FIGURE 2) adjacent the second longitudinal line of weakness 18.
The sheet 10 preferably also has various conventional instructional indicia thereon, such as the indicia 44 (FIGURE 1 ).
Note that all of the adhesive patterns/strips provided with the sheet 10 align with each other to produce the final mailer 51 (see FIGURE 4). The longitudinal strips/patterns 32 through 35 and 41, 42, 49, 50, etc. are preferably disposed in such a way that at no point do the marginal portions have a double thickness of adhesive when the sheet 10 is flat (that is, the patterns 32, 33 do not overlie the patterns 49, 50 and the patterns 34, 35 do not overlie the patterns 41, 42). However, when the sheet 10 is Z-folded (as is conventional) to produce the completed mailer 51, the adhesive portions 32 will align with each other, each half of the portion 33 will align with the other half, and likewise for the portions 41, 42, and 49, 50; and the patterns 37 cooperate and ultimately seal with the patterns 39, and the patterns 28 with the patterns 30. When the intermediates (sheets) 10 are thus run "longitudinally" and folded, through the conventional Speedisealer ~ pressure seal equipment, a positive adhesive seal will be provided.
Once the final mailer 51 is produced, and received by the ultimate user, access to the mailer contents is gained by separating the mailer components along the lines of weakness 17, 18, 27, 21, 22, removing the tear strips formed thereby.
All of the patterns 28, 30, 32-35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 49, 50 are preferably pressure activated cohesive. The pressure activated cohesive used in the intermediatelmailer according to the present invention is conventional per se. Preferably it comprises a styrene-natural rubber copolymer, as disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,918,128. The pressure activated cohesive, in various trade available forms thereof, and patents showing the same, are disclosed in U.S. Patent NO. 5,201,464 (the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein), and updated commercial versions may also be utilized, such as TN-124F, available from TOPPAN Printing Company of Japan. Present versions of this cohesive require a sealing force of at least 100 pounds per lineal inch (e.g. about 5 200 Ibs./lineal inch), and sealing equipment is used that is capable of this type of force application.
While the intermediate 10 illustrated and described above is a Z-fold pressure seal intermediate, it is to be understood that the invention is also applicable to V-fold, C-fold, eccentric Z-fold, and eccentric C-fold, pressure seal cut sheet mailer intermediates, which are conventional per se, and some of which intermediates per se are disclosed in U.S.
Patents 5,201,464, 5,253,798, 5,893,512, 5,829,670, and 5,950,909 (the disclosures of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein). The intermediates may also have built in reply envelopes, and/or have inserts provided therein when forming mailers.
What has been described heretofore is conventional. What is novel according to the present invention is the mounting and merging of one or more [plastic] cards 53 on the intermediate 10, one card 53 being shown mounted in FIGURE 3 to provide the intermediate 10'.
The card 53, which is preferably of conventional plastic, and may have a weight or thickness comparable to that of conventional credit cards, or a lighter weight or smaller J thickness comparable to that of conventional telecommunications cards or the like, has a bottom surface 54 (FIGURE 1) and a top surface 55 (see FIGURE 3). A typical thickness of the card 53 is .007 inches. The top surface 55 capable of receiving and holding (substantially permanently) toner indicia. While any suitable commercially available plastic card having that capability may be utilized, one particularly desirable card is sold under the trademark "Docucard" and is available from Formstore, Inc. of 1614 Headland Dr., Fenton, MO 63026. FIGURE 3 shows variable toner indicia 56 imaged on the top surface 55 of the card 53, as well as static indicia 57 which may be toner based, or produced by another technique. Also, the variable indicia 56 may be applied by inkjet printing, the face 55 inherently also having the capability of holding inkjet jet thereon.
The card 53 is releasably mounted on the sheet 10 first face '11. This is preferably done by utilizing conventional removable pressure sensitive adhesive -- as seen at 58 in FIGURE 1 -- to act directly between the top face 11 and the bottom surface 54.
While under some circumstances the adhesive 58 may be applied to the bottom surface 54, preferably it is applied, using a conventional plate, to the surface 11, and preferably is in the form of fairly wide spaced dots or other elements, although depending upon the particular adhesive a continuous strip or block may be utilized. FIGURE 3 shows the card 53 mounted on the adhesive 58.
Preferably the intermediate 10 is also imaged with static indicia, such as shown schematically at 60 in FIGURE 1, which may include return address indicia 61 for the outgoing mailer and/or a postage permit or like postage indicia 62 (see FIGURE
1 ). Also, variable indicia, such as the outgoing address indicia (shown in dotted line in FIGURE 1 since it has not yet been applied, and shown in solid line in FIGURE 4) is preferably applied, such as to the third panel 26 first face 11. Other variable indicia 64, 65 (see FIGURE 3) may be applied at the same time as indicia 63, 56, by a single pass of the intermediate 10' through a simplex or duplex printer. Preferably at least parts of the variable indicia 56, 63 are common, such as name and/or address indicia, which may include human readable indicia and/or bar code or like machine readable indicia. Other variable indicia 64, 65 may also have elements in common with the variable indicia 56, such as an ID number, customer, personalized message, or the like, in human and/or machine readable form.
The mailer 51 of FIGURE 4 is formed by -- for the specific embodiment illustrated in the drawings -- Z-folding the intermediate 10' about the fold lines 19, 20 so that the first faces 11 of the panels 24, 25, come in contact with each other to define an inner part of the mailer 51, and the second faces 12 of the panels 25, 26, come in contact with each other, leaving the first face 11 of the third panel 26 facing outwardly (which has the outgoing address 63 and like indicia thereon), as well as the first face 12 of the first panel 24 (which may have security screening thereon). For other types of intermediates the folding action will be different, but in each case it is desirable that a single or a plurality of cards 53 be provided in an interior portion of the final mailer 51 and accessed by the recipient tearing along the lines of weakness 17, 18, 27, 21, and 22 to open up the mailer to reveal the cards) 53 and the indicia 60, 64, 65, etc.
FIGURE 5 schematically illustrates an exemplary method for making a mailable product including a mailer type business form intermediate 10' with at least one mounted card (e.g. plastic card) 53. As indicated at 70 in FIGURE 5, the first procedure is to make or select a basic form intermediate 10, preferably a V-fold, C-fold, or Z-fold (or eccentric versions thereof) pressure seal mailer intermediate, as described above.
Static indicia may 5 be imaged on any face of any panel of the intermediate 10, and separately on the card 53 top surface 55, before the card 53 is affixed to the intermediate 10. As indicated at 72, ultimately the card 53 is mounted on the face 11 (typically the first and/or second panels 24, 25). This is preferably done by applying the pressure sensitive removable adhesive 58 in spaced dots with a plate, and then feeding the card 53 to a position on top of the adhesive 58, utilizing conventional equipment for that purpose.
Typically -- although not necessarily -- the intermediate 10', in cut sheet form, is produced at one location, and then the variable indicia 56, 63-65, is applied at another location, utilizing a conventional toner based printer, such as a wide variety of Xerox and Hewlett-Packard printers. This is indicated schematically at 73 in FIGURE 5, where the intermediate 10' is simply passed through the conventional printer (which may either be a simplex or duplex printer depending upon the construction of the intermediate 10') and preferably the variable indicia 56, 63-65 are imaged substantially simultaneously in a single pass of the intermediate 10 through the printer.
After all appropriate indicia has been applied, the intermediate 10' is folded and J sealed to produce the mailer 51, as indicated schematically at 74 in FIGURE
5. The folding and sealing can be done utilizing conventional equipment; for example, in the preferred case where the adhesive/cohesive 32-35, etc., is pressure seal cohesive, the folding and sealing are done utilizing conventional Moore Speedisealer~
equipment, which V, C, or Z folds the intermediate 10' (depending upon its construction) and then applies a pressure of at least about 100 pounds per lineal inch at the cohesive 32-35, etc., to 5 effectively seal the mailer 51. Then, as indicated schematically at 75, the mailer 51 is ready for mailing as is conventional.
It will thus be seen that according to the present invention a simple, efficient, and cost effective intermediate, method of producing a mailable product, and mailer, have been provided which facilitate delivery of medical provider cards, proof of insurance cards, retail 10 ID cards, club membership cards, telecommunications cards, gift cards, temporary ID
cards, government ID cards, or like cards, to recipients, with personalized indicia on the cards, and particularly facilitate the delivery of plastic cards. While the invention has been herein shown and described in what is presently conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment thereof, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that 5 many modifications may be made thereof within the scope of the invention, which scope is to be accorded the broadest interpretation of the appended claims so as to encompass all equivalent products and methods.

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1. A mailer type business form intermediate comprising:
a substantially quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and bottom substantially parallel edges, and substantially parallel side edges substantially perpendicular to said top and bottom edges;
at least a first fold line substantially parallel to said top and bottom edges and dividing said sheet of paper into at least first and second panels, said first panel between said top edge and first fold line;
at least first and second patterns of sealing adhesive or cohesive applied to at least one of said first and second faces to effect sealing of said sheet into a mailer type business form when said sheet is folded about at least said first fold line; and at least one plastic card releasably mounted on said first face, said plastic card having top and bottom surfaces, said top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia.
2. An intermediate as recited in claim 1 further comprising common variable indicia formed by toner, imaged on said plastic card top surface, and on at least one of said first and second faces of said sheet.
3. An intermediate as recited in claim 2 wherein said plastic card is releasably mounted on said sheet first face by removable pressure sensitive adhesive acting directly between said first face of said sheet, and card bottom surface.
4. An intermediate as recited in claim 2 wherein said common variable indicia includes human readable name and address indicia.
5. An intermediate as recited in claim 2 wherein said sealing adhesive or cohesive comprises pressure seal cohesive; and further comprising first and second lines of weakness parallel to said side edges and spaced therefrom to define tear strips, said patterns of pressure seal adhesive disposed at least in part in said tear strips.
6. An intermediate as recited in claim 2 wherein said at least first fold line comprises at least first and second parallel fold lines, defining said sheet into at least first, second, and third panels, said second panel between said first and second panels, and said third panel between said bottom edge and said second fold line.
7. An intermediate as recited in claim 6 wherein said wherein said sheet consists essentially of said first, second and third panels, said second panel adjoining both said first and third panels, and forms a mailer by Z-folding or eccentrically Z-folding about said fold lines; and wherein said common variable indicia is imaged on said first face of said sheet.
8. An intermediate as recited in claim 7 wherein said at least one plastic card is mounted in at least one of said first and second panels of said sheet, and wherein said common indicia is imaged on said third panel first face.
9. An intermediate as recited in claim 8 wherein said plastic card is releasably mounted on said sheet first face by removable adhesive acting directly between said first face of said sheet, and card bottom surface.
10. An intermediate as recited in claim 9 wherein said common variable indicia includes human readable name and address indicia.
11. An intermediate as recited in claim 10 wherein said sealing adhesive or cohesive comprises pressure seal cohesive; and further comprising first and second lines of weakness parallel to said side edges and spaced therefrom to define tear strips, said patterns of pressure seal adhesive disposed at least in part in said tear strips.
12. A mailer formed by folding the intermediate as recited in claim 1 about said at least first fold line, and sealing the adhesive or cohesive.
13. A mailer formed by Z-folding or eccentrically Z-folding the intermediate as recited in claim 10 about said first and second fold lines, and pressure sealing said cohesive.
14. A method of making mailable product including a mailer type business form intermediate with at least one mounted plastic card, each plastic card having top and bottom surfaces, and the top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia, said method comprising:
(a) making an intermediate comprising a substantially quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and bottom substantially parallel edges, and substantially parallel side edges substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom edges, at least a first fold line substantially parallel to the top and bottom edges and dividing the sheet of paper into at least first and second panels, the first panel between the top edge and first fold line, and at least first and second patterns of sealing adhesive or cohesive applied to at least one of the first and second faces to effect sealing of the sheet into a mailer type business form when the sheet is folded about at least the first fold line;
(b) releasably mounting the at least one plastic card on the first face; and then (c) applying toner to the top surface of the at least one plastic card and at least one of the first and second faces of the intermediate to provide common variable indicia on the top surface of the at least one plastic card and at least one of the first and second faces of the intermediate.
15. A method as recited in claim 14 wherein (c) is practiced by a common pass through a printer.
16. A method as recited in claim 15 wherein (a) is practiced to produce an intermediate having first and second fold lines, and first, second, and third panels; and wherein (b) is practiced to mount the at least one plastic card on at least one of the first and second panels of the intermediate; and wherein (c) is practiced, at least in part, to image common name and/or address indicia on the at least one plastic card and on the third panel first face.
17. A method as recited in claim 16 further comprising, after (c), (d) Z-folding, or eccentrically Z-folding, the intermediate about the fold lines.
18. A method as recited in claim 17 wherein (a) is practiced to apply pressure seal cohesive to both the first and second faces; and further comprising, after (d), (e) applying sufficient pressure to the folded intermediate to cause the pressure seal adhesive to seal the form.
19. A method as recited in claim 14 wherein (b) is practiced by applying a removable pressure sensitive adhesive directly to the bottom surface of the card and the first face of the intermediate.
20. A method as recited in claim 19 wherein (a) is practiced to produce an intermediate having first and second fold lines, and first, second, and third panels; and wherein (b) is practiced to mount the at least one plastic card on at least one of the first and second panels of the intermediate; and wherein (c) is practiced, at least in part, to image common name and address indicia on the at least one plastic card and on the third panel first face.
21. A mailer type business form intermediate comprising:
a substantially quadrate sheet of paper having first and second faces, top and bottom substantially parallel edges, and substantially parallel side edges substantially perpendicular to said top and bottom edges;
at least a first fold line substantially parallel to said top and bottom edges and dividing said sheet of paper into at least first and second panels, said first panel between said top edge and first fold line;
at least first and second patterns of sealing adhesive or cohesive applied to at least one of said first and second faces to effect sealing of said sheet into a mailer type business form when said sheet is folded about at least said first fold line;
at least one card releasably mounted on said first face, said card having top and bottom surfaces, said top surface capable of receiving and holding toner indicia; and common variable indicia formed by toner, imaged on said plastic card top surface, and on at least one of said first and second faces of said sheet; and wherein said card is releasably mounted on said sheet first face by removable adhesive acting directly between said first face of said sheet, and card bottom surface.
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