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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1998
Wolfgang Thiel, Berlin, DE;
Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co., Birkenwerder, DE;
Abstract
In a mail processing system with a franking and addressing machine and to a method for combined franking and address printing, both printing jobs for franking or addressing are sequentially implemented in a specific sequence in separate passes with a single print head. The print medium surface is correspondingly printed while the print medium is transported past the print head. A turning station is provided for rotating a print medium by approximately 180° before or after the printing and is arranged in the mail processing system preceding or following the digital printer device. A control unit of the digital printer device controls the turning station via an interface such that the print media are applied to the digital printer device rotated in a predetermined way, and switches the printer device between the corresponding modes for the respective printing jobs, with a modified print control ensuing for at least one printing job and the control unit causing rotation of the print format by 180° for the printing. After a first pass of the letter through the printer device for printing the first print format, the letter, rotated by 180° in the plane of its flat sides, is reapplied to the printer device so that the same print head prints the second print format rotated by 180° relative to the first print format, given corresponding control of the print signals. The renewed application can ensue to the right or left of the printer device.