MULTIPLE CARRIER MAILING MACHINE
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1. A mailing machine for printing postal indicia as evidence of postage payment on a mail piece comprising:
- a printer subsystem having at least one print head for printing the postal indicia on the mail piece;
a first processor operatively connected to the printer subsystem; and
a plurality of postal security devices operatively connected to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to select a first one of the plurality of postal security devices to print a first postal indicium on the mail piece using one of the at least one print head.
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Abstract
Systems and methods including mailing machines having postage meters including multiple postal security devices are described. In one illustrative configuration, a postage meter having multiple postal security devices for use with different postal carriers is described. In another illustrative configuration, a postage meter is configured to apply two postage payment information indicia to a single mail piece using two separate postal security devices.
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1. A mailing machine for printing postal indicia as evidence of postage payment on a mail piece comprising:
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a printer subsystem having at least one print head for printing the postal indicia on the mail piece; a first processor operatively connected to the printer subsystem; and a plurality of postal security devices operatively connected to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to select a first one of the plurality of postal security devices to print a first postal indicium on the mail piece using one of the at least one print head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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