Patent ID: 7124117

Claim:
A method of operating a processor based postage metering system having an executable code running on the processor based postage metering system, the executable code operable for controlling creation of a document by a user giving input data to the processor based postage metering system, the method comprising the steps of: selecting first and second fold configurations for the document from a plurality of possible fold configurations; identifying to the processor based postage metering system the selected first and second fold configurations; creating the document within the processor based postage metering system under control of the executable code; within the processor based postage metering system automatically determining based on the selected first fold configuration a first designated location within the document for printing a first evidence of postage; within the processor based postage metering system automatically determining based on the selected second fold configuration a second designated location within the document for printing a second evidence of postage; and printing the document and the first and second evidence of postage such that the first and second evidences of postage are respectively printed in the first and second designated locations of the document.