EP0647923A3 - Postage meter system having bit-mapped indicia including fraud protection. - Google Patents

Postage meter system having bit-mapped indicia including fraud protection. Download PDF

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EP0647923A3
EP0647923A3 EP94115885A EP94115885A EP0647923A3 EP 0647923 A3 EP0647923 A3 EP 0647923A3 EP 94115885 A EP94115885 A EP 94115885A EP 94115885 A EP94115885 A EP 94115885A EP 0647923 A3 EP0647923 A3 EP 0647923A3
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postage meter
meter system
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fraud protection
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EP0647923A2 (en
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George M Brookner
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Publication of EP0647923A3 publication Critical patent/EP0647923A3/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00604—Printing of advert or logo
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00637—Special printing techniques, e.g. interlacing
EP94115885A 1993-10-08 1994-10-07 Postage meter system having bit-mapped indicia including fraud protection. Withdrawn EP0647923A3 (en)

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US13342093A 1993-10-08 1993-10-08
US133420 1993-10-08

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EP0647923A2 EP0647923A2 (en) 1995-04-12
EP0647923A3 true EP0647923A3 (en) 1995-10-11

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EP94115885A Withdrawn EP0647923A3 (en) 1993-10-08 1994-10-07 Postage meter system having bit-mapped indicia including fraud protection.

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CA (1) CA2133363A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

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US5819240A (en) * 1995-10-11 1998-10-06 E-Stamp Corporation System and method for generating personalized postage indica
GB2321620A (en) * 1997-01-29 1998-08-05 Neopost Ltd Method and apparatus for printing and prevention of copying of postage indicia
EP1927407A1 (en) * 2006-11-28 2008-06-04 Intelmail Explorenet Pty Ltd. Object verification method and system

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4660221A (en) * 1983-07-18 1987-04-21 Pitney Bowes Inc. System for printing encrypted messages with bar-code representation
US4835713A (en) * 1985-08-06 1989-05-30 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with coded graphic information in the indicia
US4949381A (en) * 1988-09-19 1990-08-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic indicia in bit-mapped form
US5075862A (en) * 1989-12-26 1991-12-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. System for printing value indicia with diagrammatic data representation
EP0576113A2 (en) * 1992-06-26 1993-12-29 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Method and device for the guide generation of a safety print

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4660221A (en) * 1983-07-18 1987-04-21 Pitney Bowes Inc. System for printing encrypted messages with bar-code representation
US4835713A (en) * 1985-08-06 1989-05-30 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with coded graphic information in the indicia
US4949381A (en) * 1988-09-19 1990-08-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic indicia in bit-mapped form
US5075862A (en) * 1989-12-26 1991-12-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. System for printing value indicia with diagrammatic data representation
EP0576113A2 (en) * 1992-06-26 1993-12-29 Francotyp-Postalia GmbH Method and device for the guide generation of a safety print

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EP0647923A2 (en) 1995-04-12

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