Improved delivery of electronic documents into a postal network using 'ignore page'

摘要

An automated hybrid mail system/method ( 10 ) which sends a graphic image file ( 17 a) from a sender's terminal ( 14 ) into a postal network ( 26 ) via a remote printing facility ( 24 ). The system/method ( 10 ) can print a hardcopy document ( 25 ) with a letterhead, the method includes: receiving an electronic document ( 17 ) from terminal ( 14 ), the electronic document ( 17 ) including at least the graphic image file ( 17 a) and a document ID, the document ID associated with a letterhead, the graphic image file ( 17 a) having been obtained from an application document. The graphic image file ( 17 a) is transmitted to a printer server ( 24 ) to be printed with the letterhead as a hardcopy document ( 25 ) by a printer ( 24 ), the letterhead having been obtained using the document ID.