Thermal printing postage dispensing device having security features and method of using

A thermal printing postage dispensing apparatus that is able to print a postage indicia on a mail piece in a secure manner. A thermal ribbon is provided which has pre-formed images thereon that are of a reduced size in the longitudinal direction. When the images are to be transferred to an envelope...

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Main Authors BERSON; WILLIAM, HUBBARD; DAVID W
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.01.1995
Edition6
Subjects
CHECKING-DEVICES
CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS
FRANKING APPARATUS
i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME
LINING MACHINES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PRINTING
SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS
STAMPS
TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS
TRANSPORTING
TYPEWRITERS
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Summary:A thermal printing postage dispensing apparatus that is able to print a postage indicia on a mail piece in a secure manner. A thermal ribbon is provided which has pre-formed images thereon that are of a reduced size in the longitudinal direction. When the images are to be transferred to an envelope to print a postage indicia by a dot matrix thermal printer, the envelope is driven at a greater speed than the ribbon. This results in the indicia being printed on the envelope with a standard size. The preformed images represent the non-variable portion of a postage indicia; whereas, the variable data of the postage indicia is printed by a thermal printer in blank areas left by the pre-formed images.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19930169104