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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Raymond John Herbert, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Raymond John Herbert, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Neopost Limited, Romford, GB;
Abstract
A method for printing on a smart card using the printer of a postage meter is disclosed. The postage meter has a feed mechanism for feeding mail items past a print head and the construction of the feed mechanism is such that the spacing of adjacent feed rollers is greater than the length of the smart card. As a result the feed mechanism is incapable of feeding smart cards. Therefore in the method a carrier is provided for the smart card, the carrier being of sufficient length as to be engaged by the feed rollers during feeding thereof. Preferably the carrier comprises a sheet having a recess therein to receive the smart card so that the print receiving surface of the smart card is approximately co-planar with the surface of the carrier sheet.