公开(公告)号：EP1260280A3

公开(公告)日：2003-12-17

申请号：EP02252048.0

申请日：2002-03-21

申请人： OPEX CORPORATION

发明人： DeWitt, Robert ,  Hayduchok, Georg L. ,  DiBiaso, Thomas F.

IPC分类号： B07C3/18 ,  B07C3/20

CPC分类号： B07C3/14 ,  B07C3/18 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. The mail is serially fed from a stack of mail into a system transport (40). The system transport conveys the mail to an imaging station (45), which scans the mail to obtain image data corresponding to at least a portion of each piece. From the imaging station, the mail is conveyed to a buffer (50), which selectively maintains the mail while the address printed on the mail is determined. After the address for a piece of mail is determined, the piece is conveyed out of the buffer to a printer (80), which prints a POSTNET barcode onto the piece. The POSTNET barcode corresponds to the address that was determined for the piece. Optionally, the apparatus may include a labeller (70) for applying a blank label onto the mail, and the POSTNET barcode can then be printed onto the label after it is applied to the mail. After the POSTNET barcode is printed on a piece, it is conveyed past a verifier (85), which scans the printed POSTNET barcode to ensure that the barcode was printed properly. The mail is then sorted and stacked in a plurality of output bins (96, 97, 98, 99).

公开(公告)号：EP1260280A2

公开(公告)日：2002-11-27

申请号：EP02252048.0

申请日：2002-03-21

申请人： OPEX CORPORATION

发明人： DeWitt, Robert ,  Hayduchok, Georg L. ,  DiBiaso, Thomas F.

IPC分类号： B07C3/18 ,  B07C3/20

CPC分类号： B07C3/14 ,  B07C3/18 ,  Y10S209/90

摘要： A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. The mail is serially fed from a stack of mail into a system transport (40). The system transport conveys the mail to an imaging station (45), which scans the mail to obtain image data corresponding to at least a portion of each piece. From the imaging station, the mail is conveyed to a buffer (50), which selectively maintains the mail while the address printed on the mail is determined. After the address for a piece of mail is determined, the piece is conveyed out of the buffer to a printer (80), which prints a POSTNET barcode onto the piece. The POSTNET barcode corresponds to the address that was determined for the piece. Optionally, the apparatus may include a labeller (70) for applying a blank label onto the mail, and the POSTNET barcode can then be printed onto the label after it is applied to the mail. After the POSTNET barcode is printed on a piece, it is conveyed past a verifier (85), which scans the printed POSTNET barcode to ensure that the barcode was printed properly. The mail is then sorted and stacked in a plurality of output bins (96, 97, 98, 99).

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于处理邮件的方法和装置。 邮件从一堆邮件连续馈送到系统传输（40）。 系统传输将邮件传送到成像站（45），该成像站扫描邮件以获得对应于每个片段的至少一部分的图像数据。 从成像站，邮件被传送到缓冲器（50），该缓冲器选择性地维护邮件，同时确定打印在邮件上的地址。 在确定了邮件的地址之后，将该片段从缓冲器传送到打印机（80），该打印机将POSTNET条形码打印到该片上。 POSTNET条形码对应于为该片段确定的地址。 可选地，该装置可以包括用于将空白标签应用到邮件上的贴标签器（70），然后可以将POSTNET条形码打印到标签上，然后将其应用于邮件。 POSTNET条形码打印在一张纸上后，通过验证器（85）传送，扫描打印的POSTNET条形码，以确保条形码打印正确。 然后将邮件分类并堆叠在多个输出箱（96,97,98,99）中。