Patent · US Expired

Postage meter message printing system

US4831554A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 10, 1986
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00604
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic postage meter for printing postage indicia having a postage value and a message, in which the message is stored in a memory and the printer of the postage meter prints the message in accordance with that stored in the memory. The postage meter is provided with a communication port and is responsive to determined signals received at the port for changing the message stored in the memory, thereby to change the message printed in the postage indicia.

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