Postage meter device and postage meter system.

摘要

An electronic postage meter system includes a postage meter in a secure housing (15) enclosing only the electronic accounting system (11) with registers and a printer (12). All control for the postage meter is effected by way of a connector (14) on the housing for connecting a mailing machine (13) or service unit to the postage meter. In operation the sole input to the meter is by way of the keyboard of the mailing machine (13), and the sole signal output is to the mailing machine, for example, to its display. The postage meter has a program to continuously read out its registers to the connector (14) upon the initial application of power to the connector (14), and a service unit may be provided solely to display such signals.