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Re:Possible? Yeah, but highly improbable
Check out the kinds of things Pitney Bowes offers in terms of automating and managing the whole process of dealing with mail. They're a pretty big player in that field.
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Real envelope printer
Don't bother with a normal laserjet or inkjet. Get a solid envelope printer like the PB DA400. Prints envelopes up to 13"x15". Bowes is expensive, but they have good service. I've used several printers like this on and this one. All seem to work well with the normal printer caveats of jams and running out of ink eventually.
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Another black hole
In my professional geek career, I have yet to met a business that could top VeriSign's ability to cause grief, stress, development delays, and outrageous legal fees.
I dunno, when I was trying to work with Pitney Bowes over a postage meter and scale for small business, talking to customer service seemed like fighting with a tar baby. We returned the scale that was included as part of the package because it cost something like $5/month to lease (which we thought was absurd since we could buy a scale just like it for $50). They said they hadn't received it and continued to charge us the extra fee. We tracked the shipmenet and went 'round and 'round with customer service until they finally got it right - but we spent way more in hourly wages straightening out the mess than we saved by returning the scale!Anyhow, the point is, yes, customer service can stink. I'm pretty sure today's model is, "Build a product and hope it works. Throw in a customer service department to keep the idiots happy, and hope they do a good job, and if they don't, push the complaints back to the coders/factory/whatever." The problem with the model is that we can engineer better solutions if we put our minds to it.
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Re:Suffing envelopes
GBC used to do inserters - I can't find a link for the minute.
There are quite a few brands that do mail room equipment but they tend to be fairly specialised.
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Re:If it could lick stamps ...
I know its a joke post, but...These machines already exist. It is --relatively-- simple to make a machine that follows a script, the performs the exact same actions over and over again, like folding paper and sticking them in envelopes. Or welding cars. The magic here is the automatic planner, the software figures out what folds to make and in what order. That's fancy stuff right there.
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Pitney Bowes
ClickStampOnline is an internet-based postage system. The page says Windows required but maybe it will work under Mac/*NIX. Maybe it's a browser thing, or maybe it's more complex than that.
GUI? The DM500 we have doesn't use much of a GUI at all on it's low-resolution LCD screen. It's more in the printing. You just pick a zip code, shipping method, then there's a scale that weighs your letters...
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Pitney Bowes
ClickStampOnline is an internet-based postage system. The page says Windows required but maybe it will work under Mac/*NIX. Maybe it's a browser thing, or maybe it's more complex than that.
GUI? The DM500 we have doesn't use much of a GUI at all on it's low-resolution LCD screen. It's more in the printing. You just pick a zip code, shipping method, then there's a scale that weighs your letters...
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Re:i doubt it
Having worked a for a printing house that prints out these leef lets(normally for banks, large department stores etc...) I can say that it cost an absolute furtune to send these things out.
You have to take in account cost of the mailing data , printers, folding machines, letter stuffers(machine or human) grade of paper etc..... and finally the mass mailing cost (either hand delivered or through the post office).
basically it is not cheap which reduces the amount of crap you get. Given all of that can you imagine how much you would get it is was free?