Appeal No. 2003-0063
Application No. 09/201,919
function is partitioned between the postage meter and the print
head controller with tables being used to store image and font data
formats.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A method of printing using a postage evidencing device
comprising:
(a) storing a data structure and data definitions in a
nonvolatile memory, the data structure including data for
generating a print image and creating a data message and
the data definitions corresponding to the data for
generating a print image;
(b) retrieving the data structure and the data definitions
from the nonvolatile memory;
(c) processing with a microprocessor the data structure and
data definitions to create the data message;
(d) sending the data message to a printer control device, the
control device capable of retrieving a corresponding
image in nonvolatile memory;
(e) retrieving the image corresponding to the data message
from the nonvolatile memory;
(f) sending the image to a printing apparatus; and
(g) printing the image with the printing apparatus.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
D’Andrea et al. (D’Andrea) 5,729,461 Mar. 17, 1998
Beer et al. (Beer) 6,085,180 Jul. 04, 2000
(filed Dec. 23, 1997)
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