Table of Contents
Advertisement
Running mail
Chart B: Printing on tape
If:
You know the amount of postage needed for your mail.
You do not know the weight of your piece of mail.
You have several pieces of mail and do not know the
required postage amounts.
You know the weight.
Your pieces of mail vary in types, sizes, and/or weights.
Chart C: Processing mail without postage
If:
You only want to seal the envelopes and do not want to
apply postage.
You want to print the date or time incoming mail for record
keeping.
Shape Based Rating
The shape of a mailpiece (thickness, length, width) plays a large role in the pricing of First-Class
Mail®, Express Mail, and Priority Mail postage. Since May of 2007, the USPS® has combined weight
with shape to better align prices with processing costs. This is to ensure that every type of mail covers
its costs, i.e., Shape Based Rating or SBR.
The ability to rate mail based on weight and shape is available on systems with the Weigh-On-The-
Way® (WOW®)/Shaped Based Rating module.
Pitney Bowes
Operator Guide
Then use this method:
Key in Postage
Attached Scale
Attached Scale
Manual weight entry
Differential weighing with Auto tape printing selected
Then use this method:
Seal only
Date and Time non-postal jobs
April 2022
47
Advertisement
Table of Contents
