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Postal printing device with facilitated reading

US6895395B1 · kind B1 · utility

7Cited by
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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1999
Grant dateMay 17, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00637
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to an inkjet printing device of a franking machine intended to print postal indicia on a mail piece to be franked, displaced with respect to this device in a direction of displacement, the postal indicia comprising at least an amount of franking, a date of deposit and an authentication code and the printing device comprising, on the one hand, a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets, disposed in two rows extending transversely to the direction of displacement, these two rows of nozzles being spaced apart from each other by a distance in this direction and, on the other hand, a control means for selectively controlling the ejection of these ink droplets as a function of the postal indicia to be printed, said control means being arranged so that, during printing, each of the critical postal data such as the amount of franking, the date of deposit or the authentication code, is printed from one row of nozzles.

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