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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Vishnu Sharma, Bhubaneshwar, IN;
Elaheh Zamanian, Trumbull, CT (US);
Dale A. French, Clinton, CT (US);
Patrick Rolling, Southington, CT (US);
Yichun Zhang, Webster, NY (US);
Vinod B. Nethala, Shelton, CT (US);
Vishnu Sharma, Bhubaneshwar, IN;
Elaheh Zamanian, Trumbull, CT (US);
Dale A. French, Clinton, CT (US);
Patrick Rolling, Southington, CT (US);
Yichun Zhang, Webster, NY (US);
Vinod B. Nethala, Shelton, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for processing mailpiece content material in a mailpiece inserter including a printer integrated with the mailpiece creation system. The integrated printer receives print stream data from a software application and prints the mailpiece content material based upon command signals from a system controller. The system further includes at least one device disposed downstream of the printer for issuing a signal indicative of the rate that content material is processed by the inserter. The system controller monitors the throughput rate of the at least one downstream device and issues a command signal indicative thereof. The system and method of the present invention employs a page-based language monitor to throttle the print stream data received by the printer to vary the printing rate of mailpiece content material. Accordingly, the system and method drives the rate of printing to closely match the throughput rate that mailpiece content material is processed/generated by the inserter by the at least one downstream device. Consequently, the throughput of the mailpiece inserter is optimized.