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7577617 |
Method for the dependable transmission of service data to a terminal equipment and arrangement for implementing the method
In a method and apparatus for dependable transmission of data from a data center to terminal equipment, particularly transmission of fee schedule table data to a postage-calculating scale or...
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7437993 |
Postage meter with improved printing slot
A postage meter includes a slot to receive insertion of an envelope. A registration plate defines a top side of the slot. The registration plate has a window formed therein. The registration plate...
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7255422 |
Franking machine
The invention relates to a franking machine comprising an inkjet printing unit with two printing heads ( 301 A, 301 B), for printing on flat posted objects which can be inserted or run through the...
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7025349 |
Mail location apparatus
Mail location apparatus for a postal meter is disclosed in which a required location of a mail piece to receive a postal indicium imprint is defined by guide walls which are engaged by adjacent...
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7003471 |
Method and system for accepting non-toxic mail that has an indication of the mailer on the mail
A system that determines if mail contains life-harming materials before the mail enters the interior of a receptacle, i.e., mail box. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by issuing stamps...
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6995853 |
Method and system for modifying print stream data to allow printing over a single I/O port
The invention is a method and system of modifying print stream data. The method begins by sending a print stream from an application through a graphical device interface to a print spooler. A print...
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6923116 |
Shunting track in a transport device
A shunt track is provided in a transport device for drawing in a length of material through the use of a drawing mechanism which is guided by the track. The shunt track includes a first guide...
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6840168 |
Paper sheet stamp apparatus
A stamp apparatus having a conveying belt pair for conveying a mail matter in an arrow T direction, sensor for detecting the conveyed mail matter, a stamp hub which roll-contacts a postage stamp...
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6776544 |
Arrangement for printing a print image having regions with different print image resolution
An arrangement for printing a print image having regions of different print image resolution onto a moving postal item in a mail processing device has a microprocessor, a pixel memory, a read-only...
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6739245 |
Method for controlling printing in a mail-processing device
A method for controlling the printing in a mail processing device proceeds on the basis of a word-by-word storage of binary pixel data in the pixel memory with a predefined number of successive...
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6733194 |
Arrangement for controlling printing in a mail-processing device
An arrangement for controlling the printing in a mail-processing device has a print data controller for pixel data editing while printing with a print heads. The print data controller is composed...
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6694874 |
Digital cancellation mark
A method is disclosed for providing a pictorial cancellation mark that may be applied to the postage indicia on a mailpiece. The pictorial cancellation originates as a digital image that is then...
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6692166 |
Franking machine with a clamping device for an item of mail
The franking machine has a clamping device which can be driven via a drive device and which securely clamps an item of mail to be franked against a stop element. The clamping device has a clamping...
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6558054 |
Method for manufacturing mailing-ready printed products and envelopes for use with such method
A method for manufacturing mailing-ready printed products, that consist of at least one sheet printed on at least one side and mailed in a closed state, printing data, originating from a client,...
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6526393 |
Time controlled pre-paid delivery
A method for generating, providing, and utilizing time controlled date sensitive pre-paid postage on an item to be delivered, including a desired delivery amount and personalized postage mark, with...
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6520079 |
Rubber blanket and device for fixing a rubber blanket
A rubber blanket is provided with reinforcement rails on one or both of its ends. These reinforcement rails are positionable in a narrow channel in a rubber blanket cylinder. The reinforcement rail...
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6517265 |
Loss of funds prevention for postage meters and personal computer meters
In a postage meter, funds are requested from an accounting unit and transferred to a print buffer when a print registration sensor detects a mailpiece at a location that is sufficiently downstream...
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6408744 |
Compact ink-jet franking machine with manual insertion
This machine for postage metering a flat object ( 6 ) such as an envelope or a label comprises a horizontal opening for inserting an object, leading to two stops ( 8, 9 ) at right angles, a device...
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6378422 |
Rotary marking device
A rotary marking device for use in a multi-spindle screw machine to mark a rotating work piece. The marking device has a rotating marking wheel with marking indicia on a portion of its...
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6347582 |
Rotary imprint printing system
The imprint printing system allows imprinter head changes on the run. A printing roller, either an offset or a flexo printing roller, has an axial channel in which one or more imprinter heads are...
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6280104 |
Configuration for depositing recording media
A configuration for depositing media, particularly envelopes, transported in a franking and/or addressing machine standing on edge and butting against an inclined guide plate. The configuration is...
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6247774 |
Postage meter machine
A postage meter machine has a digital printer device with a guide plate and a transport mechanism for print media controlled by a control unit that generates print control signals for a printhead...
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6182566 |
Printer device and method for printing on a print medium
In a printer device and method for printing on a print medium with a print head and with a transport device for the print medium, wherein the print head is not moved during printing, a controller...
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6176178 |
Tamper-resistant postage meter
A postage meter has a locking cam follower so that locking arms on the print wheels of the postage meter are able to lock the wheels from unintended movement when the print rotor is out of its home...
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6095699 |
Machine for printing flat objects, in particular envelopes, with printing drum and thickness compensating device
A machine for printing flat objects of various thicknesses successively fed the length of a table by means of a feed mechanism and printed by means of a printing mechanism is provided. The feed...
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6041704 |
Method for operating a digitally printing postage meter to generate and check a security imprint
In a method for a digitally printing postage meter machine and for generating and checking a security imprint, critical franking information together with a signature are printed on a mail piece in...
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6019044 |
Maintenance system for a postage meter
In a print head of a postage meter of the type having a rotary drum, said print head being provided with a set of engraved printing surfaces, which set has at least first print wheels for printing...
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5988057 |
Postal cancellation machine
An apparatus for canceling postage on individual mailpieces of a stack of mixed mail includes an apparatus for separating individual mailpieces from the stack of mixed mail; structure for feeding...
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5979310 |
Apparatus and method for printing images
An apparatus and method for printing images. An ink jet printhead forms an image on a transfer roller for transfer to a substrate. The substrate can be an envelope and the image can be a postal...
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5966157 |
Method for cleaning residual ink from a transfer roller in an ink jet printing apparatus
A method for maintaining a transfer roller in an ink jet printer. In an ink jet printer having a transfer roller on which an image is formed by an ink jet printhead, the printhead is periodically...
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5953034 |
Ink jet transfer printer
An ink jet transfer printer including an ink jet print head and a print drum, the ink jet print head for printing ink onto the print drum which transfers the ink to a print medium during a print...
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5904092 |
Drive mechanism for a shutter bar of a postage meter
A postage metering apparatus including a postage meter having a housing, a printing device disposed in the housing, an aperture in the housing exposing the printing device, a shutter bar mounted to...
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5901644 |
Apparatus with removable print head
Secure printing apparatus, for example printing apparatus of a postage meter, is disclosed in which an ink jet print head with integral ink supply is removable by a user of the apparatus. In order...
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5899615 |
Apparatus and method for two-sided printing
An apparatus and method for two-sided printing on items such as mail pieces. A printing station includes an ink jet printhead which is spaced from a transfer roller. As the roller rotates the...
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5894792 |
Apparatus and method for changing the text portion of logos for postage meters
An apparatus for changing the text portion of logos for postage meters includes a printer module for a fully electronically produced postage meter imprint having an advertising logo, at least one...
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5862753 |
Ink jet printing apparatus with handheld applicator
An apparatus and method for printing postal indicia and similar images. The apparatus includes two print stations and an ink jet printhead transportable between the stations. The printhead forms...
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5842794 |
Perforating device and process for setting perforating devices
A perforating device for the representation of letters and numbers with adjustable perforating gearwork and with a drive for the perforating gears for rapid shifting of letters and numbers and to a...
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5816147 |
Loss of funds prevention for postage meters that use transfer printing and ink jet printing
This invention prevents the accounting unit of a postage meter from deducting funds when a mailpiece has been removed. The foregoing is achieved by giving the postage meter the intelligence to stop...
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5813347 |
Device and method for controlling a printing machine, particularly a franking machine drum
In a printing machine with a rotary drum (1) for franking envelopes (4), each print operation is performed at a constant rotational speed in a given direction, whereafter the direction of rotation...
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5813327 |
Article transport apparatus
An apparatus and method for transporting a mailpiece. The apparatus comprises an assembly for feeding the mailpieces in a path of travel; a sensor assembly for determining the length of the...
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5806421 |
Method and apparatus for securely printing a machine detectable postal indicia image
A method for printing a postal indicia on a mailpiece includes moving a printing mechanism and the mailpiece relative to each other during a plurality of passes; and printing with the printing...
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5765475 |
Hybrid printing postage printer
An postage printer including a print drum for printing a postage indicia having a fixed portion and a variable portion, the print drum including a first print surface and a second print surface,...
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5762428 |
Method and apparatus for securely printing a postal indicia image by dividing printing of the image in multiple passes
A method for printing a high resolution postal indicia image includes printing with a printing mechanism a first low resolution indicia image on a mailpiece during a first pass between the printing...
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5752440 |
Device for exchanging a numbering cylinder of a numbering and imprinting unit of a rotary printing press
A device to facilitate the insertion and removal of a numbering cylinder of a numbering and imprinting unit for a rotary printing press is taught. The numbering and imprinting unit has a...
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5749291 |
System for setting date wheels in a postage meter
A date-setting method for use in a postage meter having date wheels includes the steps of setting the date wheels, printing a date on a mail piece, requesting an input indicating whether the date...
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5740728 |
Mailing machine
A mailing machine comprising a control system, a print head having individual print elements which are selectively energizable for printing on an envelope and a transport system for feeding the...
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5739653 |
Servo motor feedback used as drive train diagnostic
Diagnosis of servo motor driven drive train problems based upon changes in the rotational velocity of the servo motor as electrically operable drive line components are selectively engaged. The...
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5730049 |
Method and apparatus for high speed printing in a mailing machine
A mailing machine includes structure for transporting a mailpiece at a constant speed through the mailing machine in a processing direction; structure for continuously determining a position of the...
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5719381 |
Postage meter with hollow rotor axle
A postage meter has a secure housing, an accounting register within the secure housing, and a print rotor the rotation of which defines a paper path. The rotor axle is formed of two halves, and...
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5716492 |
Tape cutter and self-adhesive label peeler
Disclosed is a tape cutter and self-adhesive label peeler which associates a tape cutter stand with an engaging arm assembly so that it may not only cut an ordinary adhesive tape but also peel...
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