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A system and method for printing an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a label or onto an outbound document and/or an associated return document. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a customer to produce individualiz

A system and method for printing an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a label or onto an outbound document and/or an associated return document. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a customer to produce individualized documents, printed address labels, and a printed postage meter stamp having in one embodiment, a customized postage indicia. The processor based system automatically calculates the postage due for each specific document, prints that postage amount as a meter stamp, interacts with the customer to generate a personalized stamp indicia, encrypts selected information into a machine readable format, and prints the information entered by the customer in a selected format, all on the document or documents for transfer to the outside of a mailing envelope.

대표청구항 ▼

[What is claimed is:] [1.]means controlled by said processing system and responsive to input data from a user for creating a first document;means for establishing a transfer section on said first document;means for printing within said transfer section a first postage indicia corresponding to said f

[What is claimed is:] [1.]means controlled by said processing system and responsive to input data from a user for creating a first document;means for establishing a transfer section on said first document;means for printing within said transfer section a first postage indicia corresponding to said first document, said printing means including a general purpose printer coupled to said general purpose processor-based system; andmeans for printing a second postage indicia corresponding to said second document, wherein said means for printing said first indicia and said means for printing said second indicia operate substantially contemporaneously with said document creating means.