Relay® folder inserter with direct scan
Fold and insert your mail the easy way with an automated folding and inserting system.
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Stuffing envelopes just got a lot easier and more accurate.

Productivity
Automating mundane tasks, like folding and inserting mail, frees your staff to focus on high value tasks rather than folding paper. Finishing your mailings faster means your mailings will reach your customers on time.

Accuracy
Eliminate manual mistakes associated with assembling your mail. Whether you’re sending marketing offers, notices, or bills, Relay inserter folder uses the latest technology to help ensure the right pages are inserted into the right envelope.

Versatile
The Relay folder inserter gives you the flexibility to handle multiple fold types, page sizes and outer envelope sizes. You can also easily add marketing messages with a bill or an important announcement without spending more time preparing the mailing.

Easy-to-use
Advanced control panels and user-interfaces make setting up, selecting and processing jobs quick and simple. Includes on-screen icons and text guides on how to load paper, inserts and envelopes.
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Relay 1000
The simple solution for folding and inserting your mail. The Relay 1000 inserting system folds, inserts and seals up to 900 envelopes per hour. It’s a convenient way to automate your everyday mailings like invoices, checks, newsletters or direct mail pieces with ease. Self-installable, compact and quiet, making it a smart addition to any work environment. Direct scan is available on all models except the Relay 1000.

Relay 2000
A fast and easy way to fold, insert and seal your mail. The Relay 2000 finishes mail quickly with speeds of up to 2,500 envelopes per hour. It’s OMR scanning feature also eliminates the need to sort variable page documents by hand. You get a tabletop inserter with a small footprint for big results in productivity.

Relay 3000
Reliability and productivity delivered in an easy-to-use folder inserter machine. The Relay 3000 can fold, insert, and seal 3,000 envelopes per hour. It uses OMR, 1D, or best-in-class 2D barcode scanning technology to automatically handle variable page mail and ensure your customers’ private information makes it into the envelope accurately.

Relay 4000
Fast and accurate folding and inserting with the simple user experience. The Relay 4000 can assemble up to 3,500 envelopes per hour, making it the fastest inserter in our direct scan family. It also offers OMR, 1D, or best-in-class 2D barcode scanning technology to automatically fold, insert, and seal your variable page mail. Its large touchscreen user interface makes it easy to set up and process jobs quickly.
Relay Hub
Making it easy to add accuracy to your folding and inserting process.
The Relay Hub from the Pitney Bowes® Commerce Cloud works with your existing print outputs like Postscript, PCL or even PDF, so you can add barcodes to your documents without redesigning them. It can also merge documents before they are printed, eliminating the need for more expensive and complex feeders on your inserting system. You get a simple, secure solution that won’t burden your IT.

01. Upload file
Upload print file or pdf version of documents.

02. Add barcodes
Relay hub adds barcodes and sends to printer.

03. Load inserter
Load documents into inserter.

04. Documents assembled
Documents are automatically accurately assembled.
Relay 1000 specification

Specifications
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Throughput |
900 per hour |
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Monthly capacity |
4000 |
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Fold options |
C, Double |
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Sheet feeder paper sizes |
216mm x 279mm to 216mm x 355mm |
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Sheet feeder paper stock |
9kg to 10.8kg bond |
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Sheet feeder capacity |
80 sheets |
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Daily mail sheet feeder |
Hand-feed up to three sheets of 20lb paper, stapled or unstapled |
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Insert feeder media sizes |
Width: 127mm Min. to 227mm Max. |
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Insert feeder capacity |
60 inserts |
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Letter envelope sizes |
#10 outer envelope, #9 reply envelope |
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Letter envelope capacity |
60 envelopes
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Max number of feeders |
3 (2 sheet and 1 insert) |
Relay 2000 specification

Specifications
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Throughput |
2,500 per hour |
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Monthly capacity |
10,000 |
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Fold options |
C, Z, Half, Double |
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Integrity options |
OMR |
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Sheet feeder paper sizes |
127mm x 127mm to 229mm x 406mm |
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Inserter feed media sizes |
81mm x 127mm to 152mm x 229mm |
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Envelope sizes |
89mm x 203mm to 162mm x 241mm |
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Standard sheet feeder capacity |
325 sheets |
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Number of feeders |
2 (1 sheet and 1 insert) |
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Insert feeder capacity |
100 inserts |
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Envelope capacity |
100 envelopes
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Relay 3000 / 4000 specification

Specifications Relay 3000
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Specifications Relay 4000
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Throughput |
3,000 per hour |
3,500 per hour |
Monthly capacity |
20,000 |
42,500 |
Fold options |
C, Z, Half, Double |
C, Z, Half, Double |
Integrity options |
OMR, 1D, 2D |
OMR, 1D, 2D |
Sheet feeder paper sizes |
127mm x 127mm to 229mm x 406mm |
127mm x 127mm to 229mm x 406mm |
Inserter feed media sizes |
81mm x 127mm to 152mm x 229mm |
81mm x 127mm to 152mm x 229mm |
Envelope sizes |
89mm x 203mm x 162mm x 241mm |
89mm x 203mm x 162mm x 241mm |
Standard sheet feeder capacity |
325 sheets |
325 sheets |
Number of feeders |
3 (2 sheet and 1 insert) |
3 (2 sheet and 1 insert) |
Insert feeder capacity |
300 inserts |
300 inserts |
Envelope capacity |
300 envelopes |
300 envelopes |