Claims
- 1. In a mailing system for creating at least one mailpiece, a method for printing an Information-Based Indicia Program (IBIP) indicia to a mailpiece, said method comprising the steps of:(a) initiating a user application for producing one or more mailpiece, wherein said user application processes a set of one or more documents having one or more addresses contained therein; (b) printing said one or more documents to a printer driver for processing as a print stream that is generated by computer commands; (c) sending said print stream information to a print stream processor module; (d) determining, at said print stream processor module, which information contained within each one of said one or more documents is textual information and which information is control code information; (e) removing said control code information from said document; (f) parsing the one or more addresses from said textual information and sending said textual information to a document printer, and sending said parsed one or more addresses to an address correction/coder component to assure that a valid address has been processed; (g) determining that each one of said one or more addresses is valid, and if said address is not valid, then correcting said address to make it valid; (h) sending said valid address to an IBIP indicia generator to create an indicia image and an address image to be printed on said one or more mailpiece; (i) printing said document at said document printer; (j) printing an envelope at an envelope printer; and (k) inserting said printed document into said printed envelope.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to application Ser. No. 09/747,150, entitled APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING AN INFORAMTION-BASED INDICIA PROGRAM (IBIP) POSTAGE IN A PRINTER DRIVER SYSTEM, assigned to the assignee of this application and filed on even date herewith.
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