Postage metering apparatus including means for guarding against printing a postage value without accouting therefor
US5585613A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00935
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In postage metering apparatus having printing structure, structure for selecting respective postage values to be printed, structure for requesting printing selected postage values, structure for accounting for each postage value requested to be printed, and structure for controlling operation of the printing structure, an improvement for preventing printing a postage value without accounting therefor, the improvement comprising: the requested postage values including respective zero postage values; the controlling structure including structure for counting each request for printing a zero postage value; and the controlling structure including structure for preventing operation of the printing structure in response to the counting structure counting a predetermined number of the zero postage values.
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