Patent ID: 6109713
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B41J,G07B

Abstract:
A configuration for printing striplike print carriers in a postage meter and/or addressing machine, comprising:a guide plate defining an entrance region and an arrival region of otherwise conventional striplike print carriers having a maximum allowable thickness and a shortest length, said guide plate having a printing window and a recess formed in said arrival region, and said guide plate having an insert with a guide plane wherein said recess opening is ahead of said guide plane in the transport direction;an ink jet print head disposed behind said printing window for printing the print carriers,a strip magazine disposed in said entrance region transversely to and at a spacing from said guide plate greater than the maximum allowable thickness, said strip magazine having an exit opening for dispensing the print carriers obliquely to the transport direction and above said conveying plane toward said guide plate;