Use of machine readable code to print the return address

摘要

A system for returning a mailpiece to a sender without a human readable return address on the mailpiece. The system includes a device adapted to generate a machine-readable code to be printed on the mailpiece. The machine-readable code includes a return address for the sender. A scanning device is used to interpret the machine-readable code when it is determined that the mailpiece is to be returned to the sender. A printing device can receive instructions from the scanning device to print the return address in a human readable form for return of the mailpiece to the sender.