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US 7,343,357 B1Granted
System and method for printing multiple postage indicia
AssigneeStamps.com Inc.
InventorSalim G. Kara
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Abstract
A system and method for printing multiple postage indicia, such as an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a document or label is described. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a customer to produce the desired postage indicia and to print multiple ones of the indicia substantially contemporaneously. The indicia may include information to allow their use at a later date and/or from a location other than where they are produced.
Claims17
A system for printing postage comprising:
- a general purpose processor based system having a postage printing application program operable thereon;
- a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor based system;
- a sheet having a plurality of transfer sections thereon, wherein said postage printing application controls said general purpose processor based system and said general purpose printer to substantially simultaneously print a plurality of postage meter stamps on said sheet;
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- a postage storage device coupled to said general purpose processor based system having postage value credit stored therein, wherein said general purpose processor based system retrieves an amount of postage from said postage storage device for printing as a postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps, wherein said postage storage device comprises an expansion card coupled to a host processor based system.
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A system for printing postage comprising:
- a general purpose processor based system having a postage printing application program operable thereon;
- a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor based system;
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- a sheet having a plurality of transfer sections thereon, wherein said postage printing application controls said general purpose processor based system and said general purpose printer to substantially simultaneously print a plurality of postage meter stamps on said sheet, wherein a first postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps is printed on a first transfer section of said plurality of transfer sections and a second postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps is printed on a second transfer section of said plurality of transfer sections, wherein at least one of said postage meter stamps includes an expiration date of a postage storage device.
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A system for printing postage comprising:
- a general purpose processor based system having a postage printing application program operable thereon;
- a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor based system;
- a sheet having a plurality of transfer sections thereon, wherein said postage printing application controls said general purpose processor based system and said general purpose printer to substantially simultaneously print a plurality of postage meter stamps on said sheet;
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- a postage storage device coupled to said general purpose processor based system having postage value credit stored therein, wherein said general purpose processor based system retrieves an amount of postage from said postage storage device for printing as a postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps, wherein said postage storage device comprises a touch memory utility button.
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A system for printing postage comprising:
- a general purpose processor based system having a postage printing application program operable thereon;
- a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor based system;
- a sheet having a plurality of transfer sections thereon, wherein said postage printing application controls said general purpose processor based system and said general purpose printer to substantially simultaneously print a plurality of postage meter stamps on said sheet;
- and
- a postage storage device coupled to said general purpose processor based system having postage value credit stored therein, wherein said general purpose processor based system retrieves an amount of postage from said postage storage device for printing as a postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps, wherein said postage storage device comprises a disk coupled to a host processor based system.
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A system for printing postage comprising:
- a general purpose processor based system having a postage printing application program operable thereon;
- a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor based system;
- a sheet having a plurality of transfer sections thereon, wherein said postage printing application controls said general purpose processor based system and said general purpose printer to substantially simultaneously print a plurality of postage meter stamps on said sheet;
- a postage storage device coupled to said general purpose processor based system having postage value credit stored therein, wherein said general purpose processor based system retrieves an amount of postage from said postage storage device for printing as a postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps, wherein said postage storage device comprises a smart card.
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A system for printing postage comprising:
- a general purpose processor based system having a postage printing application program operable thereon;
- a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor based system;
- a sheet having a plurality of transfer sections thereon, wherein said postage printing application controls said general purpose processor based system and said general purpose printer to substantially simultaneously print a plurality of postage meter stamps on said sheet;
- a postage storage device coupled to said general purpose processor based system having postage value credit stored therein, wherein said general purpose processor based system retrieves an amount of postage from said postage storage device for printing as a postage meter stamp of said plurality of postage meter stamps, wherein said postage storage device comprises a plurality of devices each storing an amount of postage value credit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.