Apparatus and method for changing the text portion of logos for postage meters
US5894792A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/0075
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for changing the text portion of logos for postage meters includes a printer module for a fully electronically produced postage meter imprint having an advertising logo, at least one input, a display unit, an input/output control module, a nonvolatile memory for at least unchanging parts of the postage meter imprint, a control device, and a printer control for producing a printed pattern having been formed by a microprocessor-controlled printing process immediately prior to printing of fixed data and current data and being available in buffer-stored form. A first memory region is provided for storing data for the unchanging parts of the postage meter imprint applying at least to a frame of an advertising logo, and an associated name identifying the logo frame. A second memory region is provided for storing data for variable parts of the postage meter imprint applying to at least one logo text portion, and an associated name identifying the logo text portion. A third memory region is provided for storing data for a first association of the names of the logo text portions with the names of the logo frames. A method for changing the text portion of logos for postage meter…
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