Matching Physical Media to Electronically Submitted Documents

A method of verifying the matching of a graphic image file to a physical medium prior to delivery to a recipient, the method including:

• (a) receiving, at one or more servers, an electronic document transmitted from a terminal, the electronic document including at least a graphic image file provided with a document ID as part of the graphic image;
• and,
• (b) sending the graphic image file, from the one or more servers, to at least one printer able to print the graphic image, the printed graphic image able to be associated with a physical medium provided with a medium identifier;
• wherein, the medium identifier of the physical medium is scanned, and the document ID is scanned after the graphic image has been printed, and the scanned document ID is compared with the scanned medium identifier.

A computer program product for verifying the matching of a graphic image file to a physical medium prior to delivery to a recipient, the computer product configured to:

• (a) receive, at one or more servers, an electronic document transmitted from a terminal, the electronic document including at least a graphic image file provided with a document ID as part of the graphic image;
• and,
• (b) send the graphic image file, from the one or more servers, to at least one printer able to print the graphic image on a physical medium provided with a medium identifier;
• wherein, the medium identifier of the physical medium can be scanned, and the document ID can be scanned after the graphic image has been printed on the physical medium, and the scanned document ID can be compared with the scanned medium identifier.