EP1569173B1 - Frankiervorrichtung mit gesichertem externen Druckmodus - Google Patents

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EP1569173B1
EP1569173B1 EP05290144.4A EP05290144A EP1569173B1 EP 1569173 B1 EP1569173 B1 EP 1569173B1 EP 05290144 A EP05290144 A EP 05290144A EP 1569173 B1 EP1569173 B1 EP 1569173B1
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
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  • the present invention relates exclusively to the field of mail processing and it relates more particularly to a method and a mail franking system which authorizes the printing of a postal imprint according to two printing modes.
  • a franking machine often has an integrated label dispenser at its printing module which can thus affix a postal imprint, either directly on an envelope, or on a pre-cut label coming from this dispenser. For example, when an operator wishes to frank a packet, he weighs it upstream of the franking machine (as he would for the rest for an envelope), but it is downstream of this machine that he must fetch the stamped label and then stick it on the package.
  • these integrated dispensers generally use gummed labels that must be moistened or self-adhesive labels with a silicone film to be detached, the cut length of which is predetermined (the label is very often pre-cut according to two dimensions only: small or large).
  • the present invention therefore relates to a method for printing a postal imprint by an external distributor of franked labels connected, by a communication link, to a franking machine for mail items, which guarantees this identity between frankings counted and the impressions made. To do this, it comprises the steps of the method of claim 1.
  • said predetermined image data includes at least standard stamp backgrounds.
  • said exchanged postal data can be compressed according to a predetermined compression algorithm.
  • said step of printing successive postal indicia on said continuous strip of labels is carried out in staggered rows.
  • the present invention also relates to any mail franking system according to claim 5 comprising at least one franking machine connected by a communication link to an external franking label dispenser.
  • the first processing means further comprise compression means for compressing the postal data transmitted to the franked label distributor, and signature means for signing the compressed postal data from said secret key.
  • a mail franking system conventionally consists of at least one franking machine 10 integrating a module for printing a postage imprint and a weighing module 12 arranged upstream of this machine to which it is connected and designed to weigh mail items, envelopes or parcels, to be franked by the franking machine.
  • the franking machine which comprises, as it is known, secure accounting means frequently incorporates a label dispenser to allow the franking of thick envelopes or parcels which cannot be processed directly by the franking machine (typically a franking machine is limited to the printing of envelopes of less than 16mm thick).
  • the franking machine itself does not have an integrated label dispenser but the mail franking system is provided with a franking label dispenser 14 arranged externally to the franking machine 10, in the immediate vicinity of the weighing module 12.
  • This autonomous module of the type described in the patent application FR 2 829 269 on behalf of the applicant, provides greater flexibility to the mail franking system of the invention because, by virtue of its integrated cutting device, it can deliver labels of desired (and no longer just predetermined) length cut from a continuous strip and thus avoids the operator having to go and retrieve the labels at the outlet of the franking machine when the parcel to be franked is available upstream of this machine on the weighing module.
  • the franked label dispenser is incorporated into a modular mail processing system and it is therefore provided with wireless communication means to connect this dispenser to a computer control terminal also ensuring the control of a franking machine then devoid of individual controls.
  • this wireless configuration is not justified (although it remains possible) because the franking machine 10 is autonomous here (without external control terminal) and the franked label dispenser 14, whose picture 2 shows a longitudinal section, can therefore more simply be connected directly to the franking machine by a conventional wired communication link 16.
  • This distributor comprises a loosely mounted roller 20 on which is wound a continuous strip 22 of labels to be cut, at least one drive roller 24 for delivering this strip along a transport path 26 of this distributor from this roller to 'at a franked label outlet 28, a printing module of the thermal type 30 (or alternatively of the ink jet type) for printing a postal indicia on a debited part of this band, and a cutting module 32 placed on this transport path, advantageously at the output of the printing module.
  • the capstan-type drive roller 24 which ensures the unwinding of the strip of labels, by acting on the printing module against a spring 34, is actuated by a control micro-motor 36 through a kinematics 38 with cogwheels.
  • the printing module and the capstan control micro-motor which is actuated in synchronism with the printing and the cutting module, are supplied from means 40 for driving, supplying and controlling the heating elements of the thermal module (or nozzles of the inkjet module) managed from processing means 42 (advantageously microprocessor-based).
  • processing means incorporate the software means necessary to receive and process the printing orders for the postal imprints originating from the franking machine.
  • an end of strip detector 46 is also provided to allow precise control of the unwinding of the continuous strip and to avoid partial printing of the last postal imprint.
  • the method of printing a postage indicia by the franked label dispenser 14 connected by the communication link 16 to the postage meter for mail items 10 is now illustrated opposite the figures 3 and 4 . It is basically organized in two phases taking place on the one hand during an initialization phase of the communication link of the franking system and on the other hand ( figure 4 ) during a phase of printing the postal indicia proper.
  • the initialization phase of the communication link picture 3
  • it is proceeded after powering up, in a first step 50, to the verification at the level of the franked label dispenser of various status data such as the presence of paper, the non-closing of the ejection nozzles, the control supply voltage, temperature, and cover closure.
  • an authentication code of the franked label distributor previously recorded during its manufacture is transmitted (via first transmission means) to the franking machine for authentication of the distributor by the stamp machine.
  • the franking machine then generates (by first processing means), in a following step 54, from this code and from a master key developed during its manufacture, a secret key which will then be used to sign all the communications between the distributor and the franking machine.
  • the generation algorithm is advantageously of the known triple DES type.
  • This secret key is then sent to the distributor, in a step 56, for comparison with an internal secret key of the latter developed during its manufacture. If there is no identity between the two keys, the process is terminated, and only test prints can be made at the distributor, but in no case postal imprints.
  • a new step 58 it is proceeded in a new step 58 to the secure transmission from the franking machine to the distributor of franked labels (still by the first means of transmission) of a set of data of predetermined image.
  • image data notably include images relating to standard stamp backgrounds, which differ according to the country concerned, but also to slogans and other information generally of a non-postal type (mini-die for example in Germany or Canada).
  • the printing phase ( figure 4 ) repeats for each print cycle. It begins in a step 70 with a postage request at the franking machine which is retransmitted to the distributor, in a following step 72, this printing request being signed by means of the aforementioned secret key.
  • the franking machine then waits for a response also signed to proceed, in a step 76, to the calculation of postal data relating to the mail item to be franked (by the first processing means) and to the sending the postal data thus calculated to the distributor of franked labels (by the first transmission means), this sending being, like the previous communications, secured by the signature of the data sent by means of the secret key developed during the step initialization from the authentication code.
  • the postal data transmitted advantageously in a compressed form (by means of a standard compression algorithm) differ according to the countries concerned, but they include at least a postage value, a date of postage and a contract number.
  • a franking machine number a postal code
  • a matrix authentication code a verification code
  • an object category a postal code
  • an ascending or descending counter value a time clock, etc.
  • the distributor in possession of these data can then, in a step 78, convert them into complementary image data (by second processing means), then then in a following step 80, print (by printing means), on a continuous strip of labels delivered by the franked label distributor, the postal indicia integrating the complementary image data resulting from the conversion and the image data transmitted during the initialization phase.
  • print by printing means
  • the postal indicia integrating the complementary image data resulting from the conversion and the image data transmitted during the initialization phase.
  • a step 82 he will send a signed report to the franking machine and will position himself in a step 84 of waiting for a new printing.
  • impressions may follow one after the other, these impressions of the successive postal imprints on the continuous strip of labels of the franked label dispenser being advantageously carried out in staggered rows to allow use of all the heating elements (or all the nozzles of ejection according to the chosen technology) of the print head of this dispenser.
  • the transfer of the data necessary for the printing of a postal indicia by the distributor takes place in two distinct phases, in an entirely secure manner.
  • an initialization phase i.e. each time the franking system is powered up, only the secure transfer of the various stamp funds available (which are thus erased each time the power is switched off) and the data image that is the slogan or other non-postal information in the postal imprint.
  • the printing phase launched by the operator at the franking machine, it is the turn of the actual postal data (postage value, date of postage, contract number, etc.) accompanied by the precise distribution of the various constituent parts of the type of stamp chosen for the postal indicia necessary for the generation of complementary image data by the franked label distributor.
  • This specific organization makes it possible to have a reduced and optimized response time between the start of the printing cycle launched by the operator at the franking machine and the actual printing at the franked label dispenser, in particular because the most of the data is transferred during the initialization phase and that certain calculation operations are carried out in masked time.

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  1. Verfahren zum Drucken eines Poststempels durch einen externen Automaten für frankierte Etiketten, der durch eine Kommunikationsverbindung mit einer Maschine zum Frankieren von Postartikeln verbunden ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, das es die folgenden Schritte umfasst: bei einem Schritt des Initialisierens der Kommunikationsverbindung, Authentifizieren des Automaten für frankierte Etiketten durch die Frankiermaschine durch Übertragung eines Authentifizierungscodes des Automaten für frankierte Etiketten an die Frankiermaschine, Erzeugen eines geheimen Schlüssels in der Frankiermaschine ausgehend von dem Authentifizierungscode und einem Hauptschlüssel der Frankiermaschine, Übertragen des geheimen Schlüssels an den Automaten für frankierte Etiketten und Vergleichen des geheimen Schlüssels mit einem internen geheimen Schlüssel des Automaten für frankierte Etiketten, der bei der Herstellung des Automaten für frankierte Etiketten erstellt wurde, gesichertes Übertragen einer Menge von vorbestimmten und mit dem geheimen Schlüssel signierten Bilddaten von der Frankiermaschine zu dem Automaten für frankierte Etiketten, und dann, für jeden Druckzyklus, Berechnen von Postdaten, welche den zu frankierenden Postartikel betreffen, im Bereich der Frankiermaschine, gesichertes Übertragen der so berechneten und mit dem geheimen Schlüssel signierten Postdaten an den Automaten für frankierte Etiketten, Umwandeln der Postdaten in ergänzende Bilddaten und Drucken des Poststempels, der die ergänzenden Bilddaten und die vorbestimmten Bilddaten integriert, auf ein Endlosband von Etiketten, das von dem Automaten für frankierte Etiketten ausgegeben wird.
  2. Verfahren zum Drucken eines Poststempels nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die vorbestimmten Bilddaten mindestens Standardbriefmarken-Hintergründe umfassen.
  3. Verfahren zum Drucken eines Poststempels nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ausgetauschten Postdaten gemäß einem vorbestimmten Komprimierungsalgorithmus komprimiert werden.
  4. Verfahren zum Drucken eines Poststempels nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt des Druckens der aufeinanderfolgenden Poststempel auf das Endlosband von Etiketten in einer Quincunxanordnung durchgeführt wird.
  5. Frankiersystem, das mindestens eine Frankiermaschine umfasst, die durch eine Kommunikationsverbindung mit einem externen Automaten für frankierte Etiketten verbunden ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Frankiermaschine bei einem Schritt des Initialisierens der Kommunikationsverbindung erste Verarbeitungsmittel zum Erzeugen eines geheimen Schlüssels ausgehend von einem Hauptschlüssel der Frankiermaschine und einem Authentifizierungscode umfasst, der von dem Automaten für frankierte Etiketten geliefert wird, und erste Sendemittel umfasst, um eine Menge von vorbestimmten Bilddaten auf gesicherte Weise an den Automaten für frankierte Etiketten zu übertragen, wobei die ersten Verarbeitungsmittel bei jedem Druckzyklus im Bereich der Frankiermaschine Postdaten berechnen, die den zu frankierenden Postartikel betreffen, wobei die ersten Sendemittel dann bei jedem nachfolgenden Druckzyklus die so berechneten Postdaten auf gesicherte Weise an den Automaten für frankierte Etiketten übertragen, und dadurch, dass der Automat für frankierte Etiketten zweite Verarbeitungsmittel, um bei einem Schritt des Initialisierens der Kommunikationsverbindung den von der Frankiermaschine empfangenen geheimen Schlüssel mit einem internen geheimen Schlüssel zu vergleichen, der bei der Herstellung des Automaten für frankierte Etiketten erstellt wurde, wobei die zweiten Verarbeitungsmittel danach bei jedem Druckzyklus die Postdaten in ergänzende Bilddaten umwandeln, und Druckmittel umfasst, um auf ein Endlosband von Etiketten, das von dem Automaten für frankierte Etiketten ausgegeben wird, einen Poststempel zu drucken, der die ergänzenden Bilddaten und die vorbestimmten Bilddaten integriert.
  6. Frankiersystem nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Verarbeitungsmittel ferner Komprimierungsmittel zum Komprimieren der an den Automaten für frankierte Etiketten übertragenen Postdaten umfassen.
  7. Frankiersystem nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Verarbeitungsmittel ferner Signaturmittel zum Signieren der komprimierten Postdaten ausgehend von dem geheimen Schlüssel umfassen.
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