EP0605122A3 - Postage metering system with indicia selectable to compensate for detected printer defects. - Google Patents

Postage metering system with indicia selectable to compensate for detected printer defects. Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0605122A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: compensate; metering system; postage metering; detected printer; indicia selectable
Prior art date: 1992-12-07
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP19930309826

Other languages

English (en)

Other versions

EP0605122A2 (fr

Inventor

Wallace Kirschner

Arno Muller

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Pitney Bowes Inc

Original Assignee

Pitney Bowes Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1992-12-07

Filing date

1993-12-07

Publication date

1994-09-21

1993-12-07 Application filed by Pitney Bowes Inc filed Critical Pitney Bowes Inc

1994-07-06 Publication of EP0605122A2 publication Critical patent/EP0605122A2/fr

1994-09-21 Publication of EP0605122A3 publication Critical patent/EP0605122A3/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
- B41J29/38—Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
- G07B2017/00338—Error detection or handling
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
- G07B2017/00524—Printheads
- G07B2017/0054—Thermal printhead
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00516—Details of printing apparatus
- G07B2017/00556—Ensuring quality of print
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00637—Special printing techniques, e.g. interlacing

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)

EP19930309826 1992-12-07 1993-12-07 Postage metering system with indicia selectable to compensate for detected printer defects. Withdrawn EP0605122A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US98623192A	1992-12-07	1992-12-07
US986231		1992-12-07

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0605122A2 EP0605122A2 (fr)	1994-07-06
EP0605122A3 true EP0605122A3 (en)	1994-09-21

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19930309826 Withdrawn EP0605122A3 (en)	1992-12-07	1993-12-07	Postage metering system with indicia selectable to compensate for detected printer defects.

Country Status (2)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0605122A3 (fr)
CA (1)	CA2109551A1 (fr)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US6712439B1 (en) *	2002-12-17	2004-03-30	Lexmark International, Inc.	Integrated circuit and drive scheme for an inkjet printhead
US8449108B2 (en)	2008-12-30	2013-05-28	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Method and system for providing evidence of printing in event of print head failure

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4595935A (en) *	1984-08-14	1986-06-17	Ncr Canada Ltd.	System for detecting defective thermal printhead elements
US4641347A (en) *	1983-07-18	1987-02-03	Pitney Bowes Inc.	System for printing encrypted messages with a character generator and bar-code representation
EP0217043A1 (fr) *	1985-09-14	1987-04-08	Kabushiki Kaisha Sato	Dispositif de détection d'erreurs dans le circuit de chauffage d'une tête d'impression thermique
US4813802A (en) *	1986-09-04	1989-03-21	Alcatel Business Systems Ltd.	Device for verifying if thermal printer is operating correctly
US4933849A (en) *	1987-07-16	1990-06-12	Pitney Bowes	Security system for use with an indicia printing authorization device

1993
- 1993-11-19 CA CA 2109551 patent/CA2109551A1/fr not_active Abandoned
- 1993-12-07 EP EP19930309826 patent/EP0605122A3/en not_active Withdrawn

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4641347A (en) *	1983-07-18	1987-02-03	Pitney Bowes Inc.	System for printing encrypted messages with a character generator and bar-code representation
US4595935A (en) *	1984-08-14	1986-06-17	Ncr Canada Ltd.	System for detecting defective thermal printhead elements
EP0217043A1 (fr) *	1985-09-14	1987-04-08	Kabushiki Kaisha Sato	Dispositif de détection d'erreurs dans le circuit de chauffage d'une tête d'impression thermique
US4813802A (en) *	1986-09-04	1989-03-21	Alcatel Business Systems Ltd.	Device for verifying if thermal printer is operating correctly
US4933849A (en) *	1987-07-16	1990-06-12	Pitney Bowes	Security system for use with an indicia printing authorization device

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0605122A2 (fr)	1994-07-06
CA2109551A1 (fr)	1994-06-08

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1994-05-20	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1994-07-06	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): CH DE FR GB LI
1994-08-04	PUAL	Search report despatched	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013
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1994-11-23	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
1995-01-11	18W	Application withdrawn	Withdrawal date: 19941122