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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
H. Mark Delman, Fairport, NY (US);
Paula K. Dumas, Alpharetta, GA (US);
David L. Patton, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A personal postal product and a system for producing same. The postal product includes a personal image area for receiving a personal image and an official postal image area having a machine-readable code. The machine-readable code is configured so as to extend around at least a portion of the personalized image area. The code may be colored and coordinated with a color present in the personal image The personal image area and official postal image have may a variety of shapes. The system includes a computer for processing image data, a data entry device for entering a digital and a printer for producing the postal indicia.