Patent ID: 8160974
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
1. A mailing machine for printing postal indicia as evidence of postage payment on a mail piece comprising: a printer subsystem having at least one print head for printing the postal indicia on the mail piece; a first processor operatively connected to the printer subsystem; and a plurality of postal security devices comprising at least two postal security devices disposed in the mailing machine and operatively connected to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to select a first one of the plurality of postal security devices to print a first postal indicium on the mail piece using one of the at least one print head, wherein the first processor is configured to facilitate funds transfers between the at least two postal security devices; the first processor is configured to select a second one of the plurality of postal security devices to print a second postal indicium on the mail piece; and the second postal indicium is printed using a second one of the at least one print head.