Overview - quadient IX-3 User Manual

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Overview

The Postal Security Device (PSD) — Postage Meter
The PSD, located in the base, handles the credit (or money) in your Mailing System.
The PSD performs all necessary operations to comply with the postal standards. To do so,
regular connections to the Postal Services are necessary.
Managing Credit
As a user, you can carry out the following operations dealing with credit in your Mailing
System:
• Check the available credit in the PSD
• Add credit to the PSD
The crediting operations trigger a connection of the Mailing System to Postal Services
through the internet connection.
Tracking Credit
You can generate reports on the use of your postage credit as all Mailing operations involving
your postage are recorded by the Mailing System.
To generate reports, see
Check that your Mailing System is connected to a network (see
Connections on page 18) and that the connection is properly
configured (see Connection Settings
Reports on page 89.
on page 127).
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