Franking module

摘要

A personal computer has a housing, a drive bay in the housing with a slot for a disk drive, and an internal information and power supply network in the housing. A franking module assembly has a franking module disposed in the slot of the drive bay for franking mail. The franking module includes a printing mechanism, and a processor system for controlling the printing mechanism, for storing information to be printed and for accounting of charges. Lines in the housing connect the processor system to the internal information and power supply network.