Method and device arrangement for digital franking of mailpieces

摘要

The invention relates to a method for digital franking of mailpieces, in which a digital postage indicium is generated by a computer means and is applied to an item of mail. In this case, transmission-specific data (50) for one or more items of mail (30) to be produced in a first computer means (10) generated in the case of a customer, and the access to a remote second computer means (20) in the case of a service provider is cleared. There is a transmission of the mail item specific data for one or more items of mail to the second computer means (20). In the second computer means (20), the mail item specific data is processed, wherein for each item of mail data for a digital postage indicium (40) are generated. Subsequently, processing data to a charging component (70) and transmitted to a charging of the postage indicium power carried out at the customer''s. The mail item specific data are with a digital postage indicium (40) to be generated for each item of mail to the first computer means (10) and the data transmitted in the first computer means (10) is detected. Subsequently, the mail item specific data (51) is sent to a processing and a printout of the data for each one of the item of mail and an envelope design of the printed mailpieces carried out in the processing means (60).