Method for printing high information density machine-readable composite images
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Critelli, Judith D. Auslander, Perry A. Pierce
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AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Critelli, Judith D. Auslander, Perry A. Pierce
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Machine-readable light-colored or invisible, but luminescent, postage-evidencing symbology and dark, readable other postage information are printed, preferably in a single print operation, to provide large amounts of information without diminishing read rates. The resulting combination image can be printed independent of substrate material to enable the provision of a high information density without obscuring any one component. The postage-evidencing symbology is printed in large-format and can include redundant information within an IBI image or between an IBI and visible dark image for a variety of practical purposes. In a preferred form, the images are printed using conventional ink jet printers using water-based inks. In one embodiment of this type, the images are printed with a conventional two-cartridge color ink jet printer by printing postage-evidencing symbology with a single-color ink and printing the visible dark image as a composite dark color from a standard multi-color cartridge.
A method for desktop printing information on a mailpiece, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for printing postage evidencing symbology module and postage information on a mailpiece, comprising:
A method for printing machine-readable postage evidencing symbology module containing both 2-D bar code information and other information on a mailpiece, comprising:
A method for printing machine-readable images on a mailpiece containing human readable postage information and postage evidencing symbology, comprising:
A method for printing machine-readable images on a mailpiece containing human readable postage information and postage evidencing symbology, comprising:
An apparatus for machine-readable images on a mailpiece containing human readable postage information and postage evidencing symbology, comprising:
A method for desktop printing information on a mailpiece, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for printing machine-readable postage evidencing symbology module containing both 2-D bar code information and other information on a mailpiece, comprising:
A method for printing machine-readable images on a mailpiece containing human readable postage information and postage evidencing symbology, comprising:
A method for printing machine-readable images on a mailpiece containing human readable postage information and postage evidencing symbology, comprising:
A computer readable medium for providing program code for execution by a programmable data processor, said processor being responsive to said program code to control a printer to:
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