Patent ID: 6880996

Claim:
A method of using a postage meter to print on a memory card storing an advertising slogan, wherein the postage meter includes a memory for storing the advertising slogan and a printer having a print head and first and second feeding means for feeding a memory card mounted on a carrier past the print head to receive an imprint of the advertising slogan, the first and second feeding means being operative to engage the carrier at first and second spaced locations to feed the same in a feeding direction, with the second location being spaced in a downstream direction from the first location by a distance greater than a dimension of the memory card in the feeding direction, the method comprising the steps of: downloading advertising slogan data from the memory card into the memory of the postage meter; providing a carrier for the memory card, the carrier having a length at least equal to the distance between the first and second locations; mounting the memory card to the carrier; feeding the memory card while mounted in the carrier to and past the print head by utilizing the first and second feeding means to concurrently feed the carrier, whereby the memory card is fed by the first feeding means at least until the carrier is fed by the second feeding means; and printing an imprint of the advertising slogan from the advertising slogan data in the memory of the postage meter on the memory card.