Postage metering system including means for controlling the resolution of printing a portion of a postage indicia
CA 2189497 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Naclerio, Edward J.; D'Andrea, Thomas A.
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A postage metering system comprising: printing apparatus the printing, apparatus including structure for printing a postage indicia having a first portion including a postage value and a second portion including a town circle; accounting apparatus, the accounting including structure for accounting for the postage value the, accounting apparatus including structure for storing data descriptive of a bit mapped image of the second portion having a predetermined resolution the accounting, apparatus including structure for transferring the descriptive data to the printing apparatus; the printing apparatus including structure for requesting the postage value from the accounting apparatus and …
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- Filed November 4, 1996 and granted April 16, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 2016.
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