Patent ID: 7233930
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G06F,G07B

Abstract:
1. A postage metering system, comprising: a computer; an authentication unit in operative communication with the computer; a printer in operative communication with the computer, the printer including an unsecure print head and a secure print head the secure print head is mounted at a particular angle to produce a print density that is detected by spectral analysis; and a control system in operative communication with the computer, the authentication unit and the printer, the control system for: executing a transaction session between the computer and the authentication unit to generate postal data to be included in a postal indicium, the postal indicium including non-authorization data; initiating a print request to print the postal indicium; and controlling the unsecure print head to print the non-authorization data and the secure print head to print forensic evidence of the authenticity of the postal indicia, the forensic evidence being generated by the postage metering system.