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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Donald T Dolan, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Beth A Jennings, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Charles F Murphy, III, Milford, CT (US);
Claude Zeller, Monroe, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for printing a postal indicia includes printing a first dot-matrix ink pattern of the postal indicia; and printing a second dot-matrix ink pattern of a portion of the postal indicia in overlapping relationship to the first dot-matrix ink pattern such that a combination of the first and second dot-matrix ink patterns results in a combined dot-matrix pattern of the postal indicia having a first dot density along its length and a second dot density along its height, the first and second dot densities being different from each other but sufficient in combination to permit detection of the combined dot-matrix ink pattern by a facer/canceler machine. An apparatus incorporates the above method.