Postal Requirements - Pitney Bowes DM100i Operator's Manual

Postal Requirements

The meter on your mailing machine is licensed by the United States
Postal Service (USPS
• Mail must have the correct date and postage amount in the me-
ter stamp (indicia).
• Metered mail must bear the ZIP Code location of the post office
where the postage meter (mailing machine) is registered.
• If you move to another ZIP Code location, you must update the
ZIP Code by calling our Customer Care Center
• The USPS
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120 days. This postal inspection requirement can be automati-
cally met by connecting to the Pitney Bowes Data Center to
check your Postage By Phone
or to add postage to your mailing machine.
NOTE:
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days, your machine's dis play prompts "Connection Due."
If the interval be tween inspections is more than 120 days,
the dis play prompts "Connection Required By Post." At this
point, you won't be able to use your mailing system until your
system is inspected (i.e., connected to the Data Center). In ei-
ther case, to sat is fy the postal inspection requirement, simply:
• Follow the prompts on the "Connection Due" or "Connection
Required By Post" screens or
• Press Add Postage and select "Check PBP Account Bal-
ance" (which will not decrease or change the funds in your
account).
• Tape sheets are used to apply postage on mail pieces that are
too thick or too large to run through your machine. These sheets
must conform to postal spec i fi ca tions. For best performance, we
recommend Pit ney Bowes tape sheets (see Chapter 12, Sup-
plies and page v
SV62276 Rev. D
) and you must follow some basic requirements.
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requires a postal inspection of your machine every
If the in ter val between inspections is more than 90
for ordering information).
1 • Introduction
meter payment account balance
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(see page
v).
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