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US 2013/0278949 A1Published application
Postage printer
AssigneeStamps.com Inc.
InventorsJP Leon, John R. Clem
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention involve an integrated thermal printer with a scale that is connected to a computer. The computer is connected to a web server that is authorized by a government postal agency, e.g. the USPS, to issue postage.
Claims62
A system for printing a shipping label for an item to be shipped, the system comprising:
- a printer having a shipping parameter interface adapted for inputting at least one shipping parameter for the item, wherein the printer is adapted to communicate the at least one shipping parameter to a computer for generation of shipping data for printing by the printer on the label, wherein the printer is further adapted to receive the shipping data as generated by the computer in cooperation with a server to enable printing of the shipping label by the printer.
A method for printing a shipping label for an item to be shipped, the method comprising:
- inputting at least one shipping parameter for the item at a printer;
- communicating the at least one shipping parameter from the printer to a computer in communication with the printer;
- generating, by the computer in cooperation with a server in communication therewith, shipping data using the at least one shipping parameter;
- communicating the shipping data from the computer to the printer;
- accepting, at the printer, user input to control printing of the shipping label including at least a portion of the shipping data;
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- printing, by the printer, the shipping label including at least a portion of the shipping data.
4 more elements
A system for printing a shipping label for an item to be shipped, the system comprising:
- a printer having a shipping parameter interface adapted for inputting at least one shipping preference for the item, the printer also having a scale interface adapted for accepting a weight of the item from a scale in communication with the printer, wherein the printer is adapted to communicate the at least one shipping preference and the weight to a computer for generation of shipping data for printing by the printer on the label, wherein the printer is further adapted to receive the shipping data from the computer to enable the printer to print the shipping label, and wherein the printer further has a user interface adapted for a user accepting a value of the shipping label as provided by the shipping data and controlling the printing of the shipping label including at least a portion of the shipping data.
A system for printing a shipping label for an item to be shipped, the system comprising:
- a printer having a shipping parameter interface adapted for inputting at least one shipping preference for the item, the printer also having a scale interface adapted for accepting a weight of the item from a scale in communication with the printer, wherein the printer is adapted to communicate the at least one shipping preference and the weight to a computer for generation of shipping data for printing by the printer on the label, wherein the printer further has a user interface adapted for a user accepting a value of the shipping label as provided by the shipping data and controlling the printing of the shipping label including at least a portion of the shipping data;
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- the computer, wherein the computer is in data communication with the printer and is in data communication with a server, wherein the computer is adapted to receive the at least one shipping preference and the weight from the printer and cooperate with the server to form the shipping data using the at least one shipping preference, and wherein the computer is adapted to communicate the shipping data to the printer for enabling printing of the shipping label by the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.