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Unsecured postage applying system

US4831555A · kind A · utility

311Cited by
22References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 6, 1985
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 6, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00758
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An unsecured postage applying system wherein the printer and accounting unit are separated from one another by an unsecured link through use of encryption. The printer may be of any off the shelf type that is capable of printing alpha numerics or bar codes. More than one printer can be connected to a single accounting unit to provide a network of printers accommodated by the one accounting unit.

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