EP0507562A2 — Process for electronically printing envelopes

Claim 1

Independent Claim 197 words

A method for addressing print media, for example envelopes, in an electronic printing system having a printer for making prints on print media from image signals, memory means for storing the image signals for use by said printer in making prints, programming means including an interactive screen for programming said system to produce prints, a source of print media, and print media feeding means for feeding print media in succession to said printer for printing, comprising the steps of: a) displaying on said interactive screen a job ticket having preselected default programming selections including a preselected default sender address programming selection and a preselected default return address programming selection for programming a printing job; b) providing at least one address file having plural addresses for programming selection; c) accessing said address file in said memory to display on said interactive screen said plural addresses; d) visually identifying a preselected default address on said interactive screen; e) using said interactive screen, selecting a new address from said plural addresses; and f) visually identifying said new address programming selection on said interactive screen in place of said default address programming selection in response to selection of said new address.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 208 words

A method for addressing print media, for example envelopes, in an electronic printing system having a printer for making prints on print media from image signals, memory means for storing the image signals for use by said printer in making prints, programming means including an interactive screen for programming said system to produce prints, a source of print media, and print media feeding means for feeding print media in succession to said printer for printing, comprising the steps of: a) displaying on said interactive screen a job ticket having preselected default programming selections including a preselected default sender address programming selection and a preselected default return address programming selection for programming a printing job; b) providing an address directory in said memory having plural address files containing discrete addresses for programming selection; c) accessing said address directory in said memory to display on said interactive screen said address files; d) visually identifying a preselected default address file on said interactive screen; e) using said interactive screen, selecting a new address file from said plural address files; and f) visually identifying said new address file programming selection on said interactive screen in place of said default address file programming selection in response to selection of said new address file.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 118 words

A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, in which the/each address file is a sender address file and in which at least one return address file is provided having plural return addresses for programming selection, the method including the steps of: a) accessing said return address file to display said return addresses on said interactive screen; b) visually identifying said preselected default return address on said interactive screen; c) using said interactive screen, selecting a new return address from said return addresses displayed on said interactive screen; and d) visually identifying said new return address programming selection in place of said preselected default return address programming selection in response to selection of said new return address.

Claim 4

Independent Claim 114 words

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, including the steps of: a) displaying said envelope job ticket with a preselected default postage stamp programming selection; b) providing a postage stamp file in said memory having plural postage stamp programming selections; c) accessing said postage stamp file in said memory to display on said interactive screen said plural postage stamps; d) visually identifying said default postage stamp programming selection on said interactive screen; e) using said interactive screen, selecting a new postage stamp from said postage stamps displayed on said interactive screen; and f) visually identifying said new postage stamp programming selection in place of said preselected default postage stamp programming selection.

Claim 5

Independent Claim 114 words

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, including the steps of: a) displaying said job ticket with a preselected bar code programming selection; b) providing a bar code file in said memory having plural bar code programming selections; c) accessing said bar code file in said memory to display on said interactive screen said plural bar code programming selections; d) visually identifying said default bar code programming selection on said interactive screen; e) using said interactive screen, selecting a new bar codes from said bar codes displayed on said interactive screen; and f) visually identifying said different bar code programming selection in place of said preselected default bar code programming selection

Claim 6

Independent Claim 104 words

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, including the steps of: a) displaying said job ticket with a preselected logo programming selection; b) providing a logo file in said memory having plural logo programming selections; c) accessing said logo file in said memory to display on said interactive screen said plural logo programming selections; d) visually identifying said default logo programming selection on said interactive screen; e) using said interactive screen, selecting a new logo from said logos displayed on said interactive screen; and f) visually identifying said new logo programming selection in place of said preselected default logo programming selection.

Claim 7

Independent Claim 97 words

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, including steps of: a) providing a preselected default print media programming selection; b) accessing print media programming selections in said memory to display on said interactive screen said print media selections; c) visually identifying said default print media selection on said interactive screen; d) using said interactive screen, selecting a new print media selection from said print media selections displayed on said interactive screen; and e) visually identifying said new print media programming selection on said interactive screen in place of said preselected default print media selection.

Claim 8

Independent Claim 46 words

A method according to any one of the preceding claims, including the step of: displaying a print media mimic on said interactive screen having at least one address field depicting the relative position at which an address will be printed on print media by said printer.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 191 words

A method for processing print media, for example envelopes, in an electronic printing system having a printer for making prints on print media from image signals, memory means for storing the image signals for use by said printer in making prints, programming means including an interactive screen for programming said system to produce prints, a source of print media, and print media feeding means for feeding print media in succession to said printer for printing, comprising the steps of: a) displaying on said interactive screen a job ticket having print program selections for programming images to be printed on print media by said printer; b) pre-setting said print program selections to predetermined default print program selections; c) using said interactive screen, accessing one of said print program selections to display on said screen other print program selections associated with said one print program selection; d) displaying a print media mimic with image fields representing the locations where said images will be printed on said print media by said printer; and e) visually indentifying the image field representing said one print program selection to identify accessing of said one print program selection.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 38 words

A method as claimed in claim 9, in which at least one of the image fields is an address field depicting the relative position at which an address will be printed on said print media by said printer.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 47 words

A method according to claim 8 or claim 10, including the step of: using said interactive screen, repositioning said address field in said print media mimic on said interactive screen to reprogram the position where an addresses will be printed on said print media by said printer.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 118 words

An electronic printing system having a printer for making prints on print media, for example envelopes, memory means for storing image signals for use by the printer in making prints on said print media, a supply of print media, and feeding means for feeding print media in succession to said printer for printing, and including the combination of: a) address file means in said memory having plural addresses for printing on said print media by said printer; b) programming means for selecting addresses from said address file means for printing on said envelopes; and c) control means for setting the number of print media items printed equal to the number of addresses selected in said address file means.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 171 words

An electronic printing system having a printer for making prints on print media, for example envelopes, memory means for storing image signals for use by the printer in making prints on said print media, a supply of print media, and feeding means for feeding print media in succession to said printer for printing, and including the combination of: a) a sender address directory in said memory having plural sender address subdirectories, each of said sender address subdirectories having plural sender addresses for printing on said print media by said printer; b) a return address directory stored in said memory having plural return addresses for printing on said print media by said printer; c) programming means for selecting one of said sender address subdirectories from said sender address directory and one of said return addresses from said return address subdirectory for printing on said print media; and d) control means for setting the number of print media items printed equal to the number of sender addresses in said one sender address subdirectory.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 57 words

A system according to claim 12 or claim 13, including: a) bar code directory/file means in said memory having plural bar codes for printing on said print media by said printing means; b) said programming means enabling one of said bar codes to be selected from said bar code directory/file means for printing on said print media.

Claim 15

Independent Claim 55 words

A system according to any one of claims 12 to 14, including: a) logo directory/file means in said memory having plural logos for printing on said printing media by said printing means, b) said programming means enabling one of said logos to be selected from said logo directory/file means for printing on said printing media.

Claim 16

Independent Claim 59 words

A system according to any one of claims 12 to 15, including: a) postage stamp direcoty/file means in said memory having plural postage stamps for printing on said printing media by said printing means, b) said programming means enabling one of said postage stamps to be selected from said postage stamp directory/file means for printing on said printing media.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 48 words

A system according to claim 14, in which at least one of said bar codes in said bar code directory/file means has a predetermined logo associated therewith so that selecting said one bar code programs said predetermined logo for printing on said print media with said bar code.

Claim 18

Independent Claim 47 words

A system according to any one of claims 12 to 17, including: print media mimic means for displaying a likeness of an item of print media on said screen with image fields depicting the location where images will appear on the print media printed by said printer.

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