Appeal No. 96-1903
Application 08/263,368
11, and 14 to 20. Claims 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 and 13 have been
canceled.
The disclosed invention pertains to printing of
information on a mail piece. In conventional systems, the
printing of a postage indicia and the printing of an address
and other information on a mail piece are performed by
different printing mechanisms. The invention provides for a
postage meter that has a single printer that is capable of
printing both the postage indicia and the other information
within the postal logo area. The invention is further
illustrated by the claims below.
Representative claims 1 and 9 are reproduced as follows:
1. A postage meter having a housing, a keypad supported
by the housing, a microprocessor 16 supported within the
housing and in connection with a keypad, a matrix character
generator, in communication with the microprocessor, a meter
memory unit in communication with a microprocessor and a
printer supported by said housing and in connection with said
matrix character generator for printing a postage indicia,
said printer comprising:
a) a housing, first and second printheads of an ink jet
printer spaced from one another and supported by said housing,
each of said printheads having a plurality of elements located
within the area defined by a postage indicia; wherein said
microprocessor includes means for controlling said first
printhead for printing a postage indicia logo and said second
printhead to print optical character recognition readable
information both within the indicia area;
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