Adding Postage/Connecting To Data Center; Postage And Your Machine; Establishing Communications Between Your Machine And The Pitney Bowes Data Center - Pitney Bowes DM100i Operator's Manual

6 • Adding Postage/Connecting to

Postage and Your Machine

Postage is stored internally in your meter. When you need to add more,
you simply establish communications between your meter and the Pit-
ney Bowes Data Center, and specify the amount of postage you wish to
download. The postage is electronically transferred to your meter from
your Pitney Bowes Postage By Phone
You must establish a Pitney Bowes Postage By Phone
ment account and have funds available in it before you can down-
load the funds (for postage) to your meter. There are several ways
you can arrange to have funds put in your Postage By Phone
ter payment account (send in a check, direct withdrawal, establish
credit, etc.). See the Pitney Bowes Contact List on
further information.
Topic headings in this manual that refer to a PC Meter
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Connect™ Enhanced feature will be listed in
Establishing Communications Between Your Machine
and the Pitney Bowes Data Center
You can establish communications between your mailing system and
the Pitney Bowes Data Center in three ways:
• Connect your mailing system to a LAN network that has Internet
access. This is known as "Constant Connection" (see page 6-5).
[DM125/DM225 models only]
• Install the PC Meter Connect
Internet access and connect a USB cable between your machine and
the PC (see page 6-6, and also Appendix A - PC Meter Connect™).
• Connect the mailing system to an analog phone line if you do not
have Internet access via a LAN network or a PC (see page 6-7).
NOTE:
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will typically be much faster using an Internet connection.
IMPORTANT:
For printing postage, the machine does not have to be connected to the
Pitney Bowes Data Center. However, we recommended you keep your
machine in a "ready-to-connect" state to the Pitney Bowes Data Center
on a permanent basis (using any one of the above connection methods).
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Data Center
Postage refills, system upgrades and rates downloads
meter payment account.
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