Card affixing and form folding system

A system for mailing a form with a personalized card attached thereto, the system comprising:

• a) a printer module for printing text on the form;
• b) a card affixing module for receiving the form from the printer module, the card affixing module being constructed and arranged to provide relative movement between the card and the form in at least two dimensions such that the card can be affixed at any location on the form;
• c) a sticker module for supplying the card affixing module with the card, the card having an affixing means attached thereto;
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• d) a folding module for receiving the form from the affixing module, the folding module being constructed and arranged to fold the form with the card remaining attached, the folding module including:
• a form guide structure having at least one edge;
• a form transfer mechanism for feeding the form past the edge;
• a first roller unit having a first roller aligned adjacent to a second roller, the first and second rollers being aligned substantially parallel to the edge, the first and second rollers defining a folding nip located between the first and second rollers;
• a roller translating mechanism for translating the first roller unit between a first position in which the roller unit is distally located from the edge and a second position in which the folding nip of the roller unit is substantially aligned with the edge, the first roller passing in close proximity to the edge as the roller unit is moved between the first and second positions such that the form is pinched between the first roller and the edge to generate a pre-fold line on the form;
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• a roller rotating mechanism for rotating the first and second rollers when the roller unit is in the second position, wherein a fold is created at the pre-fold line by feeding the pre-fold line into the folding nip of the rotating first and second rollers.