EP0404264A1
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Method of preparing an item to be mailed and system for carrying out that method
Assignee: Neopost BV
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Filing: 1990-06-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-06-20
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method of preparing an item to be mailed using a printer in which a main document is printed and a line of mail preparation stations comprising an inserter station, responsive to an output, comprising instructions for controlling the printer and the mail preparation stations, said instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations being detected and fed to those mail preparation stations. According to the invention the main document is fed directly from the printer to the mail preparation stations and the supply of the instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations is carried out in accordance with the printing of the main document. Further, an apparatus according to the invention is set forth, to be used for carrying out the method according to the invention.
Inventors
- 👤 Jacobus Fredericus Gombault
- 👤 Gerhard Hidding
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:55
CPC Classifications
B; B07; B07C; B07C1/00; G; G07; G07B; G07B17/00; G07B17/00459; G07B17/00467; G07B17/00508; G07B2017/00491; G07B2017/00572; G07B2017/00596
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of preparing an item to be mailed using a printer in which a main document is printed and a line of mail preparation stations comprising an inserter station, responsive to an output comprising instructions for controlling the printer and the mail preparation stations, said instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations being detected and fed to said mail preparation stations, characterized in that the main document is fed directly from the printer to one of the mail preparation stations and the supply of the instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations is carried out in accordance witgh the printing of the main document.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of preparing an item to be mailed using a printer in which a main document is printed and a line of mail preparation stations comprising an inserter station, responsive to an output comprising instructions for controlling the printer and the mail preparation stations, said instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations being detected and fed to said mail preparation stations, characterized in that the main document is fed directly from the printer to one of the mail preparation stations and the supply of the instructions for controlling the mail preparation stations is carried out in accordance witgh the printing of the main document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the detected instructions are removed from the output fed to the printer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 2, characterized in that the instructions removed from the output are replaced with printing instructions which amount to for instance at least one line or a part thereof being left blank.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the detected instructions are chosen or processed in such a way that the printer does not recognize them as printing instructions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
A method according to claim 1, in which the instructions for controlling at least one mail preparation station are fed in the form of printing instructions for printing markings which comprise coded information for controlling a mail preparation station, characterized in that the detected printing instructions for printing the markings are partly removed or converted into instructions that do not effect any printing and partly passed on to the printer in unmodified form to effect the printing of one or more markings.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the output from the data processor is fed to an interface which, from the output received, generates separate information streams to the various mail preparation stations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method according to claim 6, characterized in that the interface is further fed with signals from the mail preparation stations, which enables the control of said stations and the output of the data processor to the regulated depending on the course of the treatments in one or more of said stations.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method according to claim 6, characterized in that signals can be fed to the interface that come from further apparatus, such as means for monitoring technical failure, completeness or packet thickness, said signals influencing the progress of the process in the mail preparation line.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 6, characterized in that at the interface additional information can be added, which can be coupled to the output.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
99 words
A system for the preparation of an item to be mailed, comprising a printer and a mail preparation line comprising an inserter station and any further mail preparation stations, such as a burster, an insert feed station, an address printer, a postage meter and the like, the printer being linked through a line to a data processor capable of generating an output for controlling the mail preparation line, characterized in that the line between the data processor and the printer includes an interface which through a further line is linked to at least one of the mail preparation stations.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
99 words
A system for the preparation of an item to be mailed, comprising a printer and a mail preparation line comprising an inserter station and any further mail preparation stations, such as a burster, an insert feed station, an address printer, a postage meter and the like, the printer being linked through a line to a data processor capable of generating an output for controlling the mail preparation line, characterized in that the line between the data processor and the printer includes an interface which through a further line is linked to at least one of the mail preparation stations.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that the interface comprises further input means for instructions.
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