A method of printing a report sheet using a printer of a postage meter in which the printer is capable of printing only in a print field smaller than required to print the report sheet and in which first and second edges of the sheet are required to be located at predetermined positions is described in which printing of the report sheet is effected in a sequence of printing operations and the report sheet is folded in such a manner as to permit an area thereof intended to receive an imprint in the print field of the printer.