Mail processing system including off-line verification.

摘要

The method for verifying mailpieces includes the steps of creating a mailpiece image having a set of data included in a postal revenue block and storing the images in a verification image file. The data from the postal revenue blocks in the verification image file are converted into corresponding data representative of the characters in the postal revenue block of the image of the mailpiece, preferably as ASCII data. The ASCII data is stored in a verification file which may be transmitted as desired. Verification of the mailpiece data can be performed at any time off-line using the corresponding data in the verification file. The conversion may be made by keying in the data or using bar code or OCR where the data is machine readable. <IMAGE>