| 摘要 |
A postal delivery system comprises several client computers 1 and a central processor 2 in data communication with the client computers 1 via a data communication network. The system further comprises several geographically distributed printing stations 3 in data communication with the central processor 2 via the data communication network. The client computers 1 are configured to send to the central processor 2 a data file corresponding to a document to be printed and address data indicative of the geographical address of the intended recipient of the document. The central processor 2 is configured to process the address data and to select one of the printing stations 3 by comparison of the geographical location of the printing station 3 with the geographical location of the intended recipient. The central processor is configured to send the data file to the selected printing station 3. The printing station 3 receives the data file and may print the document encoded in the data file for delivery to the geographical address of the recipient. The system has the advantage that the transportation of physical documents is automatically minimised.
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