Hi Jim, Like most mailing input data I have seen, I assume that your data is such that there is a different record-count for each tray. Is that correct? If so, our capability to "output to multiple files" won't work for you in this case as that capability requires a set number of records that you enter for the multiple output files (e.g. 5,000 records per output file). Jere's suggestions will work for you but can be a bit labor intensive. Breaking your file up into 36 smaller input files and feeding them into FusionPro Desktop 1 at a time is the most straight-forward option but it will require the 36 separate manual compositions. There is another option with Desktop that might work for you. You can do a custom slip-sheet between the trays in your output file. So this would be 2 unused body pages (front and back pages) as the first 2 page in the template (postcard sized pages) that you design for your slip-sheet. You would then have some logic in your job (in an OnRecordStart rule) that would say, essentially, "if the current record's tray number is different than the last record's tray number, turn on the slip-sheet for this record". While this solution would require some manual work post-press to separate the trays, it could be a pretty quick process to go through the full output and separate the stacks out. You can even put some variable text on the slip sheet postcard that says what the last tray number was and what the next one is. This allows for some QA in the separation process to ensure that the finishing team correctly found all the breaks in the job. For further QA, you can put messages in your composition log file when the break is detected. This can be used as a type of manifest for breaking the job up after printed. Just an FYI that if you routinely are looking to do this type of mailing work where you want to break your output into trays and are looking to automate the whole process, our FusionPro Server product has been used by numerous customers to accomplish this in their workflow. It eliminates much of the costly manual intervention in this process. Hope this info is useful.
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