摘要:
Methods for rendering a shipping label, including an indicium that evidences payment for delivery, for a mail piece using a mailing machine (20) and remote web server (14). Parameter information for a mail piece are input to the mailing machine (20), which determines the fees required for delivery of the mail piece. The mailing machine (20) generates indicium data based on the determined fee with appropriate security measures, which is sent from the mailing machine (20) to a remote web server (14) operated by the carrier. The web server (14) renders a shipping label, including all information required by the carrier, along with the indicium data, in a printable format. The data for the shipping label is sent to the mailing machine (20). Accounting registers (32) maintained in the mailing machine are debited for the determined fees, and a shipping label is printed using a printing device (28,30) associated with the mailing machine (20).