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公开(公告)号:WO2005003918A3
公开(公告)日:2005-01-13
申请号:PCT/US2004/020827
申请日:2004-06-24
Applicant: PITNEY BOWES INC.
Abstract: System (10) includes a customer server(18) that communicates with one or more of the workstations (12a-12n) via a data link (20). Data link (20) could be, for example, a Local Area Network (LAN) or the like. Server (18) includes a sequence number generator (22) utilized to generate tracking information for a mail item generated on a workstation (12a-12n) as further described below, Optionally, each workstation (12a-12n) could includes a sequence number generator (22) to generate tracking information only for mail items generated on the respective workstation (12a-12n) in which the sequence number generator (22) is installed.
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公开(公告)号:WO2004003853A3
公开(公告)日:2004-01-08
申请号:PCT/US2003/019989
申请日:2003-06-24
Applicant: PITNEY BOWES INC.
Inventor: CRITELLI, Michael, J. , AUSLANDER, Judith, D. , PIERCE, Perry, A.
IPC: B41J02/01
Abstract: Machine-readable light-colored or invisible, but luminescent, postage-evidencing symbology and dark, readable other postage information are printed, preferably in a single print operation, to provide large amounts of information without diminishing read rates. The resulting combination image can be printed independent of substrate material to enable the provision of a high information density without obscuring any one component. The postage-evidencing symbology is printed in large-format and can include redundant information within an IBI image or between an IBI and visible dark image for a variety of practical purposes. In a preferred form, the images are printed using conventional ink jet printers using water-based inks. In one embodiment of this type, the images are printed with a conventional two-cartridge color ink jet printer by printing postage-evidencing symbology with a single-color ink and printing the visible dark image as a composite dark color from a standard multi-color cartridge.
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