EP0866427A3 - Mail processing system with a machine base system controlled by a personal computer - Google Patents

Mail processing system with a machine base system controlled by a personal computer Download PDF

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EP0866427A3
EP0866427A3 EP98250056A EP98250056A EP0866427A3 EP 0866427 A3 EP0866427 A3 EP 0866427A3 EP 98250056 A EP98250056 A EP 98250056A EP 98250056 A EP98250056 A EP 98250056A EP 0866427 A3 EP0866427 A3 EP 0866427A3
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Dieter Dr. Pauschinger
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    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00201—Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only, e.g. PC (Personal Computer)
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00258—Electronic hardware aspects, e.g. type of circuits used
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00322—Communication between components/modules/parts, e.g. printer, printhead, keyboard, conveyor or central unit
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
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    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/0037—Calculation of postage value
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/00427—Special accounting procedures, e.g. storing special information

Abstract

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Postverarbeitungssystem mit einer über Personalcomputer gesteuerten druckenden Maschinen-Basisstation. Ein Druckkopf für einen rein elektronischen Druck wird von einer Druckkopfelektronik angesteuert und bildet mit einer Transporteinheit eine dickentoleranten Druckstation für Mischpostverarbeitung. Ein Personalcomputer (10) mit über einen PC-System-Bus (7) in Verbindung stehenden PC-Komponenten ist mit einem Sicherheitsmittel (6) ausgestattet, welches mit dem PC-System-Bus (7) über eine parallele Ein/Ausgabe-Schnittstelle (64) und mit der druckenden Maschinen-Basisstation (24) über mindestens eine schnelle Schnittstelle (61, 62, 63) verbunden ist. Die Schnittstelle (61) ist als eine spezielle Datenübertragungseinheit zur schnellen seriellen Datenübertragung zur speziellen Schnittstelleneinheit (26) und/oder zur Druckkopfelektronik (81) der Maschinen-Basisstation (24) ausgebildet. Das Sicherheitsmittel (6) enthält eine anwenderspezifische Hardwareschaltung (66) mit Mitteln (60, 61) zur Ausführung von Abrechnungs- und Sicherheitsfunktionen, wobei die Hardwareschaltung (66) mit nichtflüchtigen Speicherbausteinen (68, 69) und mit einem Sicherheitsprozessor (77) verbunden ist, der mit einem nichtauslesbaren Programm programmiert ist, um mindestens eine Sicherheitsfunktion auszuführen.

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The invention relates to a mail processing system with a printing machine base station controlled by a personal computer. A printhead for purely electronic printing is controlled by printhead electronics and forms a thickness-tolerant printing station for mixed mail processing with a transport unit. A personal computer (10) with PC components connected via a PC system bus (7) is equipped with a security device (6) which is connected to the PC system bus (7) via a parallel input / output interface (64) and is connected to the printing machine base station (24) via at least one fast interface (61, 62, 63). The interface (61) is designed as a special data transmission unit for fast serial data transmission to the special interface unit (26) and / or to the printhead electronics (81) of the machine base station (24). The security means (6) contains a user-specific hardware circuit (66) with means (60, 61) for carrying out accounting and security functions, the hardware circuit (66) being connected to non-volatile memory components (68, 69) and to a security processor (77) programmed with a non-readable program to perform at least one safety function.
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EP98250056A 1997-03-13 1998-02-17 Mail processing system with a machine base system controlled by a personal computer Expired - Lifetime EP0866427B1 (en)

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DE19711998A DE19711998A1 (en) 1997-03-13 1997-03-13 Mail processing system with a printing machine base station controlled by a personal computer
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