摘要 |
A post production processing application receives and manipulates document print images, in particular to integrate postage printing and accounting into the document finishing, without the need for a specialized postage printing system. The post production processing application may run on a main frame, together with the application(s) that generate the document print images, or on some other computer platform. The post production processing application calculates postage for each document and interacts wi th a postage metering functionality to obtain digital tokens. Each token includ es an encrypted cipher for use in validating applied postage indicia. The mail processing system uses the tokens to generate postage indicias, containing t he ciphers, during the subsequent document printing and finishing processes. Th e meter functionality may reside in software (e.g. as part of the post product ion processing application), in a meter device associated with and connected to the platform that runs the post production processing application or in a remote data center in communication with that platform. The mail processing system may print the indicias on the documents or on envelopes that will carry the documents.
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