Postage printing system having label printing capability

Patent 6296404 Issued on October 2, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 4, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Application

No. 433481 filed on 11/04/1999

US Classes:

400/62Including means for responding to input program or incoming signals and providing output program or signals representing typing operations (e.g., output typewriter)

Examiners

Primary: Yan, Ren

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Chaclas; Angelo N., Melton; Michael E.

International Class

B41J 005/30

Abstract

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 indicator corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of labels; (iii) feeding the label stock through a printer; and (iv) printing the postal indicium on the selected label.