Apparatus and method for sorting mail.

摘要

An apparatus and method provides labels that are to be inserted into mail trays. A label printer 35 is integrated into a mail sorting machine 10. Upon a specific bin 14 of the mail sorting machine having sufficient mail pieces to fill a mail tray, the label printer prints a mail tag form 36 including a tray label 44 for the mail in such bin. This tray label 44 has printed thereon the zip code to which the mail is to be sent and the bin number in which the mail pieces are located. Upon the printing of such tray label, it is to be conveyed by the mail sorter to the appropriate bin and is immediately available to the clerk for insertion into a mail tray.