Pitney Bowes Inc.

Joel I Wald

Robert A Cordery

Wallace Kirschner

Richard A Malin

Jerome E Jackson

Edward J Naclerio

John H Steinmetz

Maria P Parkos

Thomas A D'Andrea

David T McPherson

A mailing system is includes of a mailing machine operating under the control of a microcontroller having a communication port with a first channel and a second channel. The mailing system also includes a meter vault which operates under the control a microcontroller mounted in a secure housing and having a communication port with a first channel and a second channel. A printer is included which operates under the control of a microcontroller mounted in a secure housing and having a communication port having a first channel and a second channel. A printer interface is included for providing a number of independent communication paths. A first path provides communication between first channel of the mailing machine and the first channel of the meter vault. A second path provides communication between the second channel of the mailing machine and the second channel of the printer, and a third path for providing communications between the second channel of meter vault and the first channel of the printer.

Digital postage meter system

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Stamford, CT, United States of America

Joel I Wald