System for detecting mail pieces with duplicate indicia
CA 2440798 A1 · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Cordery, Robert A.; Weiant, Monroe A. Jr.
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A system and corresponding method for detecting duplicate indicia on mailpieces. The system includes: a plurality of postal machines each operated , by a particular branch postal facility among a plurality of branch postal facilities, each postal machine having a scanning system for scanning indicia each responsive to selection criteria, and each for providing data from sampled indicia based on the selection criteria and also for providing results of local verification of indicia; the plurality of branch postal facilities each operating at least one of the postal machines each responsive to , selection criteria received from a central postal site and in turn for , providing the …
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