EP 0939384 A2 19990901 - Postage printing system having secure reporting of printer errors
Title (en)
Postage printing system having secure reporting of printer errors
Title (de)
Frankiersystem mit sicherer Fehlerberichtung von einem Drucker
Title (fr)
Système d'affranchissement avec système sécurisé de relevé d'erreurs d'une imprimante
Publication
Application
Priority
US 3239198 A 19980227
Abstract (en)
A postage printing system (100) includes a printer (160) and a postage meter (120). The printer (160) includes a memory (164), a print device (166) for printing a postal indicia and a controller in operative communication with the printer memory (164) and the print device (166). The postage meter (120) includes a memory (132, 142)and is physically separable from and in operative communication with the printer (120). The printer controller (162) detects a fault condition, stores a record of the fault condition in a history file within the printer memory (164) and, following a successful mutual authentication between the printer (160) and the postage meter (120), uploads the history file from the printer memory (164) to the postage meter memory for subsequent reporting to a data center (50). <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07B 17/0008 (2013.01); G07B 17/00193 (2013.01); G07B 17/00314 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00169 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00177 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00201 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00322 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00338 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0939384 A2 19990901; EP 0939384 A3 20001011; AU 1848099 A 19990909; AU 750360 B2 20020718; CA 2263246 A1 19990827; CN 1236146 A 19991124; JP H11328463 A 19991130
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99102826 A 19990226; AU 1848099 A 19990226; CA 2263246 A 19990226; CN 99103629 A 19990301; JP 9796499 A 19990301