| 摘要 |
An exemplary method for accepting and franking mailpieces is disclosed. The exemplary method comprises accepting a mailpiece into a housing of the device, the housing being inaccessible to customers. The method further comprises determining a measured value for a weight Wt of the mailpiece and determining measured values for a length L, a width W and a thickness T of the mailpiece. The method additionally comprises adding amounts corresponding to negative tolerances for each of the measured values in order to generate adjusted measured values Wt', L', W' and T' and subtracting amounts corresponding to positive tolerances for each of the measured values in order to generate the adjusted measured values Wt'', L'', W'' and T''. The method additionally comprises comparing the adjusted measured values to value ranges from a reference list, the reference list associating different postage amounts with value ranges of the adjusted measured values, generating a result list with postage amounts that are associated with the determined adjusted measured values and determining a lowest postage amount of the result list. The exemplary method further comprises specifying the lowest postage amount as a postage amount of the mailpiece, applying a postage indicium corresponding to the postage amount of the mailpiece to the mailpiece and storing the mailpiece in the housing of the device when the postage indicium has been applied onto the mailpiece. |
