Appendix C • Glossary - Pitney Bowes DM300c Operator's Manual

Appendix C • Glossary
Account—set up when using the Accounting option. An account
can be an organization, person, department, etc. to which postage is
charged. The machine stores the total postage used and the num ber
of mail piec es pro cessed for each account. The total number of
accounts available on your machine depends on the option purchased.
Advertisement—An advertising message that appears next to the
machine's meter stamp. You can choose from an ar ray of stan dard
and custom ads.
Line–a "standard" phone line supplied by the phone company.
Analog
You can use an analog phone line when you connect to the Pitney Bowes
Data Center using your machine's modem phone jack. Analog Fax lines,
residential phone lines, analog dial-up computer modems, and analog
credit card readers all use analog phone lines. Compare to Digital Line.
Connection–a feature that allows you to connect your
Constant
machine to a LAN network having Internet access so your meter can
communicate to the Pitney Bowes Data Center.
Default—A value or setting the machine au to mat i cal ly uses unless
you change it. As delivered, your machine has fac to ry-set defaults or
"normal" settings. You may change these if you wish.
Line–a type of line used on digital phone systems (so called
Digital
PBX systems). Many PBX manufacturers have designed phone
systems that deliver much more current to the phone than does a
"standard" analog phone line supplied by the phone company. As a
result, if you connect your machine's modem phone jack to a PBX
digital line, thinking that it's an analog line, you could damage your
modem with too much current and not even know it.
Screen—The machine display that shows your cur rent
Home
selections. It indicates that you're ready to print post age.
(Postal)—The USPS requires a postal inspection
®
Inspection
of your machine every 120 days to ensure accurate postal funds
ac count ing. This postal inspection requirement can be automatically
met by merely connecting your machine to the Pitney Bowes Data
Center for any reason (e.g., to check your Postage By Phone
®
account, add postage to your meter, etc.).
—A Pitney Bowes technology that allows you to
IntelliLink
®
download machine features, and postal rate and sys tem soft ware
updates via a digital link to the Pitney Bowes Data Center.
Network)—a network installed in a company that
LAN (Local Area
allows computers and printers to communicate with each other, and
to the Internet (if configured).
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