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Postage metering apparatus including means for guarding against printing a postage value without accouting therefor

  • US 5,585,613 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1995
  • Issued: 12/17/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In postage metering apparatus having printing means, means for selecting respective postage values to be printed, means for requesting printing selected postage values, means for accounting for each postage value requested to be printed, and means for controlling operation of the printing means, an improvement for preventing printing a postage value without accounting therefor, the improvement comprising:

  • (a) the requested postage values including respective zero postage values;

    (b) the controlling means including means for counting each request for printing a zero postage value; and

    (c) the controlling means including means for preventing operation of the printing means in response to the counting means counting a predetermined number of the zero postage values.

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