Patent · US Expired

Method of preparing an item to be mailed and system for carrying out that method

US5283752A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateApr 8, 1993
Grant dateFeb 1, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00596
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of preparing an item to be mailed using a printer in which a main document is printed and a line of mail preparation stations comprising an inserter station, responsive to an output, comprising instructions for controlling the printer and the mail preparation stations, said instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations being detected and fed to those mail preparation stations. According to the invention the main document is fed directly from the printer to the mail preparation stations and the supply of the instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations is carried out in accordance with the printing of the main document. Further, an apparatus according to the invention is set forth, to be used for carrying out the method according to the invention.

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