System for metering permit mail
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorRonald P. Sansone
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Abstract
A permit mail metering system that preprints the non-variable portion of an indicia. The pre-printed portions may be printed with a fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, while other pre-printed portions may be printed using standard colored or black inks. Some variable printed portions may be printed with a fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, while other variable portions may be printed using standard colored or black non-luminescent inks.
Claims25
A system for metering permit mail, said system comprising:
- means for pre-printing information on a mail piece to produce a postal indicia;
- means for printing variable payment information within the postal indicia or
- within the vicinity of the postal indicia wherein a portion of the pre-printed information is printed with a fluorescent ink and the remaining portion of the pre-printed information is printed with a non-luminescent ink.
A system for metering permit mail, said system comprising:
- means for pre-printing information on a mail piece to produce a postal indicia;
- means for printing variable payment information within the postal indicia or within the vicinity of the postal indicia wherein a portion of the pre-printed information is printed with a phosphorescent ink and the remaining portion of the pre-printed information is printed with a non-luminescent ink.
A system for metering permit mail, said system comprising:
- means for pre-printing information on a mail piece to produce a postal indicia;
- means for printing variable payment information with the postal indicia or within the vicinity of the postal indicia wherein a portion of the variable information is printed with a fluorescent ink and the remaining portion of the variable information is printed with a non-luminescent ink.
A system for metering permit mail, said system comprising:
- means for pre-printing information on a mail piece to produce a postal indicia;
- means for printing variable payment information within the postal indicia or within the vicinity of the postal indicia, wherein a portion of the variable information is printed with a phosphorescent ink and the remaining portion of the variable information is printed with a non-luminescent ink.
A method for paying for permit mail, said method includes the steps of:
- placing funds in a postage meter;
- printing a permit mail postal indicia with a postage meter;
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- deducting the value of the printed permit postal indicia from the meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.