Appeal No. 2000-0376
Application 08/753,236
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is summarized in Appellant's brief
at pages 3-5. The United States Postal Service (USPS) has
published a proposed specification for an Information-Based
Indicia (IBI) postal security device (PSD). The IBI is a special
indicia containing information about the mail piece. The PSD is
a unique security device that provides cryptographic security and
performs the function of postage meter registers. The system
includes a PSD manufactured by a meter manufacturer, a personal
computer manufactured by a computer manufacturer, and a printer
manufactured by a printer manufacturer, The meter manufacturer
does not decide what printer and computer the user of the
metering system will use. A problem exists where indicia cannot
be read because of the printer. The disclosed invention records
information about the printing parameters in or near the indicia
which permits gathering information about printers, printer
settings, paper envelopes, inks, and toners that cannot be read
by IBI scanners and eventual elimination of printers and printing
parameters that cannot be reliably read.
Appellant discloses that printing parameters include the
manufacturer of the printer that printed the indicia, the printer
model, the print density, the print dither type, envelope size,
paper type, type of ink used to print the indicia, and toner type
(specification, pp. 5-6).
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