Two-sided sheet containing a plurality of different travel-related document items and a method of operating an apparatus to provide such a two-sided sheet

A combined baggage tag and boarding pass for a passenger of a transportation provider, the combined baggage tag and boarding pass comprising:

• a first facestock material having a back major surface and a front major surface on which baggage tag information is printed;
• a second facestock material having a back major surface and a front major surface on which boarding pass information is printed;
• and
• adhesive disposed between the back major surface of the first facestock material and the back major surface of the second facestock material such that (i) at least a portion of the second facestock material can be peeled away and separated from the adhesive and the first facestock material and used by the passenger as a passenger boarding pass, and (ii) the first facestock material and at least a portion of the adhesive can be attached to a piece of passenger baggage and used by the passenger as a passenger baggage tag.

A method of operating an apparatus to provide on-demand printing of a two-sided sheet item which contains a first travel-related item and a second travel-related item which is different from the first travel-related item, the method comprising:

• printing baggage tag information onto a front major surface of the first travel-related item in the form of a baggage tag disposed on a first major side surface of the two-sided sheet item;
• printing other information onto a front major surface of the second travel-related item in the form of a passenger-usable travel document disposed on a second major side surface of the two-sided sheet item;
• and
• delivering the first and second travel-related items together as a single sheet to provide a combined baggage tag and passenger-usable travel document in which the passenger-usable travel document can be peeled away and separated from the baggage tag so that (i) the baggage tag can be secured to a piece of passenger luggage using at least a portion of exposed adhesive after the passenger-usable travel document has been peeled away and separated from the baggage tag, and (ii) the passenger-usable travel document can be used by a passenger associated with the piece of passenger luggage to which the baggage tag has been secured.