WO2009101484A3 - Process of facilitating remote printed delivery of electronic files - Google Patents

Abstract

Methods of providing printed documents originating as electronic documents comprise electronically transmitting from senders to a service company electronic versions of documents, producing by the service company printed versions of the electronically transmitted documents, and physically delivering the printed documents to identified recipients. Documents may include digital photographs, and the digital photographs may be printed to produce postcards that may be physically mailed to the intended recipients. The service company may include multiple sites disposed at locations remote from one another. In such case, the location of the service company that produces the printed documents may be chosen based on various criteria, including proximity to the intended recipient, delivery costs involved and other criteria. Other features include physically providing recipients with storage medium that include copies of the electronic documents, providing copies of the same document to multiple recipients, and providing postcards with multiple photographs thereon.