The invention is a self-reply envelope, having a front panel and a rear panel, creating a pocket therebetween. The front panel has recipient indicia and sender address indicia. The front panel has return mail indicia and a sender arrow adjacent to the return mail indicia that refers to the sender indicia. The rear panel has a main flap that is sealable to the front panel. The rear panel has an outer flap, an inner flap, and an opening tab between the outer flap and inner flap. The main flap covers the return mail indicia. The opening tab is removable to open the envelope, and to reveal the return mail indicia. The envelope is resealable by the recipient without obscuring the return mail indicia so that the envelope may be returned to the sender by re-mailing the envelope.

A mailing form, including an upper sheet of material adhesively fastened to a lower sheet, is configured for the printing of information on a single side during passage of the form through a non-impact printer. At a first end of the form, the upper and lower sheets are fastened together permanently, forming a pocket to be used as a return envelope. The portion of the upper sheet which extends away from this pocket is divided into an inner flap, on which information is printed, and an outer flap, which is temporarily fastened to the lower sheet in order to protect an adhesive pattern during the printing process. After the printing process, the outer flap is removed and discarded, the inner flap is folded along lines provided for folding, and the lower sheet is folded on itself to enclose the inner flap. As the adhesive pattern holds the lower sheet shut in this position, address and return address information printed on the inner flap is visible through apertures in the lower sheet, which forms an envelope. After receiving this envelope, the recipient separates the pocket forming a return envelope from the rest of the materials. A part of the inner flap may be returned in this return envelope, together with a check or other remittance as desired. The address and return address has been printed on this envelope during the printing step. Before the return envelope is mailed it is sealed using a flap with remoistenable adhesive.

An intermediate for a mailer type business form, and the mailer so produced, comprise face-to-face first and second plies which have aligned windows in them, with the outgoing address visible through both windows in the outgoing configuration of the mailer, and with the reply address visible through the second window in the reply envelope configuration after the outgoing mailer is opened and a reply address card inserted into the reply envelope. Carbonless coatings are also preferably provided associated with the first and second plies so that indicia imprinted on the first ply is transferred to the second ply. First adhesive patterns hold the plies together in the intermediate, and second adhesive patterns hold the mailer together when the plies are V-folded about aligned intermediate fold lines. Perforations allow opening of the outgoing mailer, and the bottommost ply of the outgoing mailer has reply address indicia printed thereon, and perforations which allow it to be detached into a card and inserted into the reply envelope, for reply address indicia visible through the second window.

A mailing form, including an upper sheet of material adhesively fastened to a lower sheet, is configured for the printing of information on a single side during passage of the form through a non-impact printer. The upper and lower sheets are fastened together permanently at one end, forming a pocket to be used as a return envelope. The portion of the upper sheet which extends away from this pocket is divided into an inner flap, on which information is printed, and an outer flap, which is temporarily fastened to the lower sheet in order to protect an adhesive pattern during the printing process. After the printing process, the outer flap is removed and discarded, the inner flap is folded along lines provided for folding, and the lower sheet is folded on itself to enclose the inner flap. As the adhesive pattern holds the lower sheet shut in this position, address and return address information printed on the inner flap is visible through apertures in the lower sheet, which forms an envelope. After receiving this envelope, the recipient separates the pocket forming a return envelope from the rest of the materials. A part of the inner flap may be returned in this return envelope, together with a check or other remittance as desired. The address and return address has been printed on this envelope during the printing step. Before the return envelope is mailed it is sealed using a flap having an adhesive disposed thereon. Other embodiments of the form comprising a window for viewing postal indicia are also described.

A method and apparatus for manufacturing multiple die cut business forms is disclosed. One embodiment of a printing press according to the present invention includes a number of different stations that are connected together by a continuous web. Multiple die cut business forms are produced by a continuous process from stock paper to an output configuration such as continuous roll, fan fold, or cut sheet. One aspect of the present invention is that a silicone treated glassine stock paper substrate can be utilized to allow business forms to be produced with minimized curling.