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AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsBarry H. Axelrod, Robert T. Durst, Jr., Kevin D. Hunter, Leon A. Pintsov, William G. Hart, Morton Silverberg
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A system for the preparation of items to be mailed, preparation of each item varying in accordance with selected values of pre-determined parameters. The system includes apparatus for marking each item with selected identification code values; apparatus for preparing each item to be mailed in accordance with stored parameters, the preparing apparatus having a detector for detecting and outputting identification values from the items; a data base system for storing selected values of the parameters in associated with the identification codes, a control system responsive to the output identification codes to access the associated selected values for output to the preparation apparatus. The preparation apparatus of the subject system includes an inserted system and the pre-determined parameters include parameters defining the inserts to be assembled with an item. The preparation apparatus also includes a printer which is controlled to print information on the items in accordance with other pre-determined parameters. The identification codes are printed on control documents for each item by a data processing system which includes a post-processing subsystem for removing conventional dash codes and substituting identification codes, and transmitting records of the values of the pre-determined parameters to the data base system together with associated identification codes.
A system for preparing items to be mailed comprising:
In a system of the type comprising a printer and an electronic data processing system for controlling said printer, said electronic data processing system controlling said printer to print control documents with selected information, said selected information including dash code for controlling further processing of an item to be mailed, said item comprising said control document, the improvement which comprises a post-processing subsystem for substituting identification code for said dash code on said control document, generating a record comprising said dash code information and said identification code, and outputting said record.
A method for controlling an apparatus for preparing items to be mailed in accordance with parameters, comprising the steps of:
A method for preparing items to be mailed comprising the steps of:
A system for preparing items to be mailed comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.