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US 8,818,911 B2Granted
Permit creation and tracking in a mailing machine
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsSteven M. Kaye, Joan T. Doutney, Rodney Hallgren, Beth A. Kroczaleski, Mark D. Lee, Jacky Y. Igval
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Abstract
The present invention includes methods for operating a mailing machine. A permit mail imprint is generated in the mailing machine on the basis of input signals entered into the mailing machine via a user interface of the mailing machine. At least some of the input signals may represent alphanumeric characters. For example, the permit number may be entered via a keypad or keyboard in the form of numeric characters.
Claims8
A mailing machine comprising:
- a transport mechanism to transport mailpieces through the mailing machine;
- a printing device to print information on the mailpieces;
- a processing device coupled to the transport mechanism and the printing device, the processing device programmed to control the transport mechanism and the printing device;
- a memory device coupled to the processing device to store
- first image data which represents a first permit mail imprint image;
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- second image data which represents a second permit mail imprint image, the second permit mail imprint image being different from the first permit mail imprint image;
- wherein the processing device is programmed to selectively control the printing device to print the first permit mail imprint image on a first group of mailpieces and to print the second permit mail imprint image on a second group of mailpieces as the first group and second group of mailpieces are transported through the mailing machine by the transport mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.