System for detecting unaccounted for printing in a value printing system
CA 1259704 A · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Edelmann, George B.; Muller, Arno
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A system for detecting fraudulent imprints on documents is disclosed. The system comprises a metering device a, host and a verifying facility. The metering device provides a validation signal to the host and its associated printer. Thereafter the printer prints information which includes information from the validation signal. Thereafter the information printed on a mailpiece can be validated at the verifying facility by detecting the validation information provided by the metering device. The system provides a method to make a secure metering device without an integral printer. This value printing system provides for a secure system that will allow for the detection of fraudulent imprints …
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- Granted September 19, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 19, 2006.
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