Encoded screen records for international postage meters
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsRobert G. Arsenault, William F. Bailey, Dale A. French
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Abstract
In a digital postage meter having a housing shell, a display screen mounted in the housing shell, and a removable printhead, a method of transmitting information from the printhead module to the display screen. The method includes: storing the information in a memory device in the printhead module; retrieving the information in a first communication device in the printhead module; transmitting the information from the first communication device to a second communication device external to the printhead module, wherein the second communication device interprets the information; and transmitting the interpreted information to the display screen.
Claims9
In a digital postage meter having a housing shell, a display screen mounted in said housing shell, and a removable printhead module, a method of transmitting information from the printhead module to the display screen, comprising:
- storing said information in a memory device in said printhead module;
- retrieving said information in a first communication device in said printhead module;
- transmitting said information from said first communication device to a second communication device external to said printhead module, wherein said second communication device interprets said information;
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- transmitting said interpreted information to said display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.