Patent ID: RE43345

Claim:
A method for selecting a media type format for which to generate generic postage indicia, said method comprising: displaying to a display device in communication with a computer device, an input field for inputting a secured paper control number input; receiving from a user, via the computer device, the secured paper control number input, wherein the secured paper control number input comprises a serial number that uniquely corresponds to a particular unit of secured paper label stock, wherein the serial number comprises a plurality of characters, wherein a subset of characters of the plurality of characters that comprise the serial number comprises a media type format identifier, wherein the particular unit of secured paper label stock comprises a plurality of labels, and wherein the serial number is visible on each label of the particular unit of secured paper label stock; identifying a set of media type format information corresponding to the media type format identifier, for formatting at least one generic postage label, wherein the set of media type information comprises at least one of: media type size, media type dimensions or media type configuration feature; and calculating, according to the set of media type format information, at least one of: a printable size of a generic postage indicia for printing on an at least one label on the particular unit of secured paper label stock, or a print location of the generic postage indicia for printing on the at least one label on the particular unit of secured paper label stock.