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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6357854 | Ink jet printer having waste tank overflow prevention An ink jet printer includes a supply of ink, a print head, a cap, a waste tank and a control system. The print head is operatively connected to the supply of ink and ejects drops of ink to form an image. The cap is arranged to receive waste ink from the p... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356883 | Mailing system having flexible printing of messages A postage printing system includes a transport device for feeding an envelope in a path of travel through the postage printing system, a printer for printing a postal indicia and an ad slogan on the envelope, and a control system in operative communicatio... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6350006 | Optical ink drop detection apparatus and method for monitoring operation of an ink jet printhead An apparatus and method for monitoring operation of an ink jet printhead. An ink jet printer is controlled to eject a periodic sequence of ink jet curtains through an illuminated gap. Variations in the intensity of the illumination caused by the ink jet c... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6327580 | Postage printing system having variable subsidies for printing of third party messages A postage printing system, comprising a computer, a data center and a control system. The computer is in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicia on an envelope. The data center is in operative communication with the computer w... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6312072 | Disabling a printing mechanism in response to an out of ink condition An ink jet printer including a replaceable cartridge and a control device in operative communication with the cartridge. The control device is for monitoring a predetermined operating condition of the cartridge and providing electronic signals to the cart... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6307571 | Customizable user interface for a mailing apparatus A customizable user interface for a mailing apparatus, such as a postage meter or other mailing equipment, provided as input data to a user interface control program, the input data specifying all aspects of the look and feel of the user interface. The in... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6299269 | Disabling a mailing machine when a print head is not installed Mailing machine including a controller, a printer module including a connector, a print head controller for producing print data signals necessary to print a postal indicia on an envelope and a replaceable print head cartridge having a plurality of print ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6297821 | Mailing machine including an embedded control system having a screen control architecture A control system for a mailing machine includes a user interface having a display, a memory having a screen region, a plurality of screens stored within the screen region and a control program for displaying the plurality of screens on the display and for... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6296404 | Postage printing system having label printing capability A method of producing a label for a mailpiece having a postal indicium printed thereon including the following steps: (i) providing a user with a label stock including a plurality of labels; (ii) prompting the user to provide an input of a label position ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6280025 | Ink cartridge receiving pocket assembly A pocket assembly for use in an ink jet printer included in a mailing machine. The pocket assembly is adapted to receive an ink cartridge and includes: a housing defining a pocket for receiving the ink cartridge, a needle, a door and a door mechanism. The... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6266055 | Customizable user interface for a mailing apparatus A customizable user interface for a mailing apparatus, such as a postage meter or other mailing equipment, provided as input data to a user interface control program, the input data specifying all aspects of the look and feel of the user interface. The in... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6226559 | Method of providing real time machine control system particularly suited for a postage meter mailing machine The mailing machine includes a microcontroller system for executing machine control algorithms during each control cycle and user interface algorithms. Each control cycle is divided into first discrete time intervals sufficient to allow completion of the ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6215735 | Postage meter having non-Gregorian calendar capability A postage metering system includes a device to monitor the passage of a unit of time, a calendar profile, a system date and a control system. The calendar profile has parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information so that dates ma... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6188997 | Postage metering system having currency synchronization A postage metering system includes a printer and a postage meter. The postage meter includes a micro controller for generating token data for use in printing a postal indicia where the token data includes an indicator of a token currency type. The printer... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6178412 | Postage metering system having separable modules with multiple currency capability and synchronization A postage metering system includes a postage meter and a user interface in communication with the postage meter. The user interface includes a micro controller and a memory. The memory has stored therein a plurality of image data files corresponding to di... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6173274 | Production mail system having subsidies for printing of third party messages on mailpieces A production mail system for producing a mailpiece including an inserter system for feeding a document in a path of travel and into an envelope. The document includes a control code printed thereon. The inserter includes a scanner located adjacent the pat... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6154733 | Postage printing system having variable subsidies for printing of third party messages A postage printing system, comprising a computer, a data center and a control system. The computer is in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicia on an envelope. The data center is in operative communication with the computer w... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6144950 | Postage printing system including prevention of tampering with print data sent from a postage meter to a printer A postage printing system includes a printer and a postage meter. The postage meter includes a controller for generating print information having a plurality of print data blocks necessary to print a postal indicia. The printer is located remotely from th... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141654 | Postage printing system having subsidized printing of third party messages A postage printing system, comprising a computer, a data center and a control system. The computer is in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicia on an envelope. The data center is in operative communication with the computer w... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6125162 | Postage meter having non-Gregorian calendar capability A postage metering system includes a device to monitor the passage of a unit of time, a calendar profile, a system date and a control system. The calendar profile has parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information so that dates ma... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6120019 | Corrugated input feed for a buckle accumulator A buckle accumulator including an input feed system and for feeding a sheet in a path of travel and an output feed system located downstream in the path of travel from the input feed system. The sheet having a leading edge and a stiffness. The lead edge o... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6106095 | Mailing machine having registration of multiple arrays of print elements Mailing machine including a transport apparatus for feeding a mailpiece in a path of travel, a printer module including a first array of print elements and a second array of print elements and a control system in operative communication with the transport... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105957 | Buckle accumulator having selectively activateable sheet deflector A buckle accumulator including an input feed system, an output feed system located downstream in a path of travel from the input feed system, a receiving space located adjacent the path of travel between the input feed system and the output feed system, a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6086182 | Mailing machine including ink jet operation checking for prevention of loss of postal funds An ink jet printing system includes a user interface for communicating messages between the ink jet printer and an operator and controller in operative communication with the user interface. The controller disables printing of certain information other th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6064989 | Synchronization of cryptographic keys between two modules of a distributed system The apparatus comprises: a first module including a universal key; a second module including a unique identifier and a unique key wherein the unique key is derived from the unique identifier and the universal key and incorporated into the second module du... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6053598 | Multiple print head packaging for ink jet printer An improvement in an ink jet digital printing device is disclosed which permits the printing device to print an image on a moving image receiving medium which is laterally larger than the length of the ink jet nozzle array on the nozzle plate of a standar... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6045206 | Ink-jet printer having variable maintenance algorithm An ink jet printer and a method of operating and ink jet printer are disclosed. The method includes using a maintenance algorithm to control timing of a maintenance action, keeping a historical log of an operating characteristic of the ink jet printer ove... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6029137 | Updating domains in a postage evidencing system A postage evidencing system including a plurality of domains for partitioning a population of postage meters according to an operating characteristic, a data center, a postage meter in operative communication with the data center and a printer in operativ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6024429 | Mailing machine including ink jet printing having ink availability checking An ink jet printer comprising a replaceable cartridge having a supply of ink and a controller in operative communication with the cartridge. The controller keeps an estimate of an amount of ink remaining in the cartridge and provides a signal indicating t... | 02/15/2000 |
