MAIL DISTRIBUTION DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING

摘要

An apparatus for automatically acquiring and verifying, relative to pre-established rules, address information and postage value indicia on a face of each of a plurality of mail pieces. The mail pieces can be subsequently placed in a tray and a label is applied to the tray, the label imprinted with information which relates to the mail piece content of the tray. The apparatus includes an inserter to produce a finished mail piece or a sorter which conveys finished mail pieces, with the address information and postage value indicia visible. An in-line module is disposed adjacent the inserter, the module including a path along which each finished mail piece is transported. The module includes a scale and an image capture device. A scanning device can be provided to acquire a representation of the information on the tray label. An image processing device is provided in communication with the control processor device, and is adapted to synchronize acquisition, storage and verification of the address information, postage value indicia and label information.