A mailpiece fabrication system including a source for providing sheet
material having mailpiece data printed thereon. The mailpiece fabrication
system further includes at least one spatial positioning device adapted
to direct the sheet material along one of two fabrication paths. Each
fabrication path includes a fabrication assembly for producing one of at
least two mailpiece configurations. In one embodiment, the spatial
positioning device includes an orbiting nip roller for changing the
elevation of the sheet material while, furthermore, providing an accurate
and controlled mechanism for stacking and aligning sheet material to
produce a flats mailpiece. In another embodiment, the spatial positioning
device includes a routing roller in combination with the orbit nip roller
to change the orientation of the sheet material. The routing roller is
employed to change the direction of the sheet material relative to the
feed path. Deformation binding mechanisms may be employed to form and
seal various bind lines of the finished mailpiece.