Patent ID: 8478440
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: B43M,B65H

Abstract:
1. A computer program for bringing a mail production apparatus into a required operating condition prior to the production of a mail piece or a series of mail pieces, wherein data representing sets of properties associated with respective operating conditions of said apparatus required prior to initiation of the production in the respective operating condition are stored in a memory, at least one of said sets including at least one required physical property of the apparatus changeable only by manual implementation by an operator, other than by electronic data entry, the program comprising instructions for performing the following steps: A) determining data representing at least one required physical property of a selected operating condition prior to initiation of the production; B) registering at least one current physical property of said apparatus, prior to initiation of the production; C) determining whether a manual change is to be made by comparing said at least one current physical property and said at least one required physical property of said selected operating condition, prior to initiation of the production; D) in response to a manual change to be made, causing an instruction to make said manual change to be represented in humanly perceptible form, prior to initiation of the production, the instruction including information representing said at least one required physical property; E) preventing said production from being initiated until said manual change has been made; and thereafter F) initiating said production after said manual change has been made.