Registers – Record controlled calculators – With printing
Patent
1991-07-29
1993-08-24
Shepperd, John
Registers
Record controlled calculators
With printing
36446402, G07B 1702
Patent
active
052391680
ABSTRACT:
A postage meter having the capability to print a zip code in bar code form. The postage meter includes an input for input of a postage value and input of a destination zip code, a display, a printer for printing an indicia on a mail piece, the indicia including a representation of a postage value and a representation of a destination zip code in bar code form. The postage meter also includes accounting means for accounting for expended postage and a controller responsive to the input. The controller controls the meter to receive a postage value and display a prompt requesting input of the destination zip code, convert the zip code to bar code form and add the bar code to the indicia. When a destination zip code is input the postage meter resets the postage value in accordance with a bar code discount. In one embodiment the postage meter of the subject invention may include a sensor for determining the position of the lower edge of the mail piece so that the bar code may be printed in accordance with regulations of a postal service. In another embodiment of the subject invention the postage meter includes a port for communication with a remote device and the remote device determines the amount of any postage discount.
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Durst, Jr. Robert T.
Hunter Kevin D.
Pastor Jose
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Scolnick Melvin J.
Shepperd John
Whisker Robert H.
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