Splitting a document set across several envelopes

By default, all documents that match an envelope definition are bundled together as a document set, which means they should be included in the same envelope. For example, if you have the following mailing machines:

•	MM1 for envelopes containing up to seven sheets.

•	MM2 for envelopes containing 8-14 sheets.

•	MM3 for envelopes containing more than 14 sheets (manual handling of envelopes).

Then all documents containing more than 14 sheets are sent to MM3, and these documents must be enveloped manually.

To minimize manual handling of envelopes, you can enable Minimize manual handling when you define envelopes. If you do, StreamServer tries to sort the documents in the same document set (i.e. documents with the same envelope key) across several envelopes, which reduces manual handling.

Example 3

Minimizing manual handling

In this example you have the following mailing machines:

•	MM1 for envelopes containing up to seven sheets.

•	MM2 for envelopes containing 8-14 sheets.

•	MM3 for envelopes containing more than 14 sheets (manual handling of envelopes).

The envelope definition uses “customer ID” as key, which means all documents with the same “customer ID” should be included in the same envelope.

Suppose that you have a three documents, each containing six sheets, where all documents have the same “customer ID”.

•	If you select Minimize manual handling, MM2 will handle the enveloping and create two envelopes – one envelope with two documents (12 sheets) and one envelope with one document (six sheets).

•	If you do not select Minimize manual handling, all 18 sheets are sent to MM3 (manual handling).

Note that if any of the three documents contains more than 14 sheets, all sheets are sent to MM3 even if you select Minimize manual handling.