Patent ID: 7315845

Claim:
A method of printing in an area of a sheet using a printer of a postage meter, the printer having a limited print field smaller than the area required to be printed on the sheet and in which two adjacent edges of the sheet are required to be located at predetermined first and second locations respectively relative to the print field, comprising: the steps in a first printing operation of (a) positioning the sheet with a first edge thereof located at the first predetermined location and a second edge thereof located at the second predetermined location, thereby locating a first print receiving sub-area of a first segment of the sheet in alignment with the print field, (b) effecting printing in the first print receiving sub-area, and (c) removing the sheet from the postage meter; and the steps in a second printing operation of (d) folding the sheet along a fold line extending between the first segment and a second segment adjacent to the first segment, (e) positioning the sheet with the fold line located at the first predetermined location and the second edge located at the second predetermined location, thereby locating a second print receiving sub-area of the second segment in alignment with the print field, and (f) effecting printing in the second print receiving sub-area.