Purpose - Pitney Bowes FastPac DI900 Manuallines

1 • Introduction

Purpose

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TIP: Pitney Bowes
requires that all
applications for a
DI900/DI950 inserter
be pre-approved by
Technical Service
to ensure that no
material or process-
ing problems will be
encountered. Any
application under
consideration should
be approved as early
as possible in the
planning stages.
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TIP: Complete scan
code specifications
can be found in
Chapter 4, Scan Code
Specifications.
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This document provides guidelines for the proper setup of a scanning job (OMR
or Barcode) on the DI900/DI950 inserting system. It can be used by the District
Technical Sales Consultant (DTSC) to help evaluate if and how a customer's ap-
plication can be run on the inserter; and by the Customer Service Representative
(CSR) to assist in implementing the application as an actual job on the inserter.
The DI900/DI950 Inserter System is the flagship model of our tabletop in-
serters, and hence, has the most flexibility and scanning features of any of
our current or past models. Unlike our other tabletop inserters whose pre-
progammed presets are closer to the customer's application right "out-of the
box", the DI900/DI950 scanning presets merely give an overview of its ability
(suitable for demos and offering general guidelines only). Also, for most Pitney
Bowes Service personnel, barcode symbology is a relatively new subject. All
of our tabletop inserters previous to the DI900/DI950 inserter used OMR sym-
bology to increase the integrity of the mailpiece (with the exception of a small
number of DI800 ProPack systems in the field which use barcode). Conse-
quently, you need to have a thorough understanding of scan codes (OMR and
barcode) and be familiar with the implementation strategy on the machine in
order to successfully run a customer's application on it.
In addition, because of its scanning flexibility (and hence, increased complex-
ity for implementation), we highly recommend PB FIRST™ (either classic or
PD versions) as the application creation program for those customers starting
new jobs. PB FIRST™ can create and position the marks according to the
DI900/DI950 specifications, reducing the tedious hours of trial-and-error when
trying to create a successful scanning application on your own. However, you
are free to copy the specification section of this guide and give it those cus-
tomer who wish to program it themselves.
IMPORTANT: Some customers' applications cannot be run on this inserter "as
is" due to incompatibility with the machine's specifications. The most common
issues so far:
• Scanning across two columns simultaneously. Only one scanning column
at a time is possible on the DI900/DI950.
• Excessive characters in the barcode symbology. Characters (bytes) great-
er than 18 in a Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode and 12 for Code 3 of 9 barcode
are not supported.
• Excessive number of OMR marks. More than 19 OMR marks are not sup-
ported.
• OMR line is too thick. Line thickness of 1 mm or more, although able to
run on a DI800 inserter, falls outside the DI900/DI950 specifications and
will be disregarded by the software. This is particularly a problem if the
only mark used is EOC, because when the mark is missed, collations are
combined in one mail piece.
• Scanning area on page is outside of spec. Scanning on the DI900/DI950
is allowed on the left and right columns on the sides of the page (not in the
middle).
In these cases, they (or we) will need to alter their application to meet our speci-
fications.
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