Patent ID: 6295523
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A postage meter comprising a user interface and a processor and a printing means for printing postage indicia on mail pieces and for printing items of information on a slide-in sheet, said processor communicatively coupled with said user interface and with said printing means; said user interface comprising:a receiving area shaped to receive said slide-in sheet, said receiving area having a substantially transparent touch-sensitive pad under which the slide-in sheet is placed, said pad having a plurality of touch-sensitive areas disposed across its area; andmeans within said processor for causing said printing means to print said items of information on said slide-in sheet, wherein, after being printed, if the slide-in sheet is positioned in said receiving area, said items of information on said slide-in sheet are juxtaposed with associated touch-sensitive areas on the pad.