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US 7,593,857 B2Granted
Selectively expanding and printing indicia information
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorJames M. Mattern
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Abstract
A method of producing a barcode includes collecting a set of information for producing the bar code, using an indicator to designate the set of information, encoding the indicator in the barcode, expanding the barcode to a particular size, and printing the bar code.
Claims16
A method of producing a barcode on a printing device, the method comprising:
- collecting a set of information for producing the bar code;
- using an indicator to designate the set of information, a data amount of the indicator being smaller than a data amount of the set of information;
- storing the set of information in association with the indicator;
- encoding the indicator in a reduced barcode that is narrower than a printing width of a pen of the printing device, the reduced bar code at a first resolution;
- expanding the reduced barcode to a particular size at a lower resolution, a width of the particular size being substantially the same as the printing width of the pen, and the lower resolution being lower than the first resolution;
- and
- printing the reduced bar code on the printing device at the particular size and the lower resolution.
4 more elements
A method of producing a postal indicia barcode on a printing device, the method comprising:
- collecting a set of information for producing the postal indicia barcode;
- using a serial number to indicate the set of information, a data amount of the serial number being smaller than a data amount of the set of information;
- storing the set of information in association with the serial number;
- encoding the serial number into a reduced postal indicia barcode that is narrower than a printing width of a pen of the printing device, the reduced postal indicia bar code at a first resolution;
- expanding the reduced postal indicia barcode to a particular size at a lower resolution, a width of the particular size being substantially the same as the printing width of the pen, and the lower resolution being lower than the first resolution;
- and
- applying the reduced postal indicia bar code to a mail piece, the printing device at the particular size and the lower resolution.
4 more elements
A meter for producing a postal indicia barcode comprising:
- a processor configured to collect a set of information for producing the postal indicia barcode, designate a serial number to indicate the set of information, a data amount of the serial number being smaller than a data amount of the set of information, encode the serial number into the postal indicia barcode, and expand the barcode to a particular size;
- and
- a printing device comprising at least one pen, the printing device configured to apply the postal indicia bar code to a mail piece via the pen,
- wherein, the postal indicia barcode is narrower than a printing width of a pen of the printing device, the postal indicia bar code at a first resolution;
- and
- the processor is further configured to:
- expand the postal indicia barcode to a particular size at a lower resolution, a width of the particular size being substantially the same as the printing width of the pen, and the lower resolution being lower than the first resolution;
- and
- control the printing device to apply the postal indicia bar code to the mail piece at the particular size and the lower resolution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.