System for preparing mail items

Inactive Publication Date: 2001-10-18
NEOPOST IND
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0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a system that is completely self-contained, that can be used very simply in a conventional office environment, and that is designed to perform all of the handling of a mail item from producing the individual document(s) makin

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The market currently offers no system in an office environment that is completely self-contained and that prepares mail items fully, ready for posting.
Furthermore, printing addresses directly on envelopes containing documents suffers from drawbacks (with respect to printing quality) due to the different thicknesses of the enve

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[0019] FIG. 1 is a a diagrammatic view of a self-contained system of the invention for preparing mail. The system is made up of four main components: a computer 10, a secure metering device (SMD) 12, a digital printer 14, and a folder / inserter 16.

[0020] The computer 10 is a general-purpose computer, e.g. a personal computer (PC) or the like (but a network workstation or a network computer may also be suitable) and it conventionally comprises a central processor connected via a bus to program memories (e.g. of the ROM type) and read / write memories (of the RAM type or of an equivalent type), and to input / output modules. Such modules provide interfaces between the central processor and various devices such as a keyboard or any other conventional input device such as a pointing device, a display device such as a liquid crystal screen, a data-storage device such as a hard disk, and the SMD, or the digital printer.

[0021] The SMD 12 performs the accounting functions generally associated wi...

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A system for preparing mail items, the system comprising a general-purpose computer for preparing a document to be sent, a secure metering device connected to the general-purpose computer via a secure link so as to send it postage metering or "franking" information, a printer connected to the general-purpose computer so as to print both the document to be sent, and at least a destination address for the document and a postage imprint on an envelope that is to receive the document, and a folder/inserter connected both to the printer and to the general-purpose computer so as to receive and fold the printed document and so as to insert it into the corresponding franked envelope.

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[0001] The present invention relates to the field of mail handling, and in particular to postage meters or "franking machines" for preparing mail fully, ready for posting.PRIOR ART[0002] The market currently offers no system in an office environment that is completely self-contained and that prepares mail items fully, ready for posting.[0003] The Applicant's European Patent Application EP 0 612 036 proposes a mail-handling system that folds documents delivered directly by a word-processing system and inserts them into envelopes. However, it is possible to send the resulting mail item only if the envelope bears the destination address and the right amount of postage, which means that, at the very least, a postage meter must be added to the system.[0004] European Patent Application EP 0 265 192 discloses a mail-handling system associating the following around a central computer (system controller): firstly a laser printer followed by a folder / inserter for folding documents and inserti...

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IPC IPC(8): G07B17/00
CPCG07B17/00193G07B17/00467G07B2017/00201G07B2017/00491
Inventor KRASUSKI, MAREKMAZEILLER, DOMINIQUE
Owner NEOPOST IND
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