1. Tape feed for postage meter

2. The fourth is the postage meter station, where each carton is weighed and the proper postage is affixed.

3. The present invention discloses an automated electronically controlled postage meter including a mail weighing means, an alphanumerical keyboard (5), a direct access bar code thermal transfer printer, a magnetic and IC card reader/writer (6), a liquid crystal display (8, 10) and a double-station thermal and dot matrix printer (7).