Adding Postage - Pitney Bowes Connect+ 1000 Operator's Manual

Chapter 6
The United States Postal Service (USPS) licenses your meter and requires an electronic
inspection of the meter. Periodically, your mailing system will be required to connect to your
postage account as a means of inspecting the PSD (Postal Security Device) and validating
information in your mailing system.
To ensure that your operations are not interrupted, the time periods for the Data Center Con-
nection are pre-established in your system, and will give adequate warning to you when this
connection may be required:
The message "Postal inspection required" will first be shown approximately 21 days after
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your last connection. You can connect immediately to have the meter inspected or clear
the message temporarily. If you clear the message, you enter a grace period that lasts
approximately 7 days.
The "Postal inspection required" message will appear each day for 7 days (when you
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power-up your system), and will only disappear after a successful connection.
On the 28th day after your last successful connection, your mailing system will display a
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message indicating that you will not be able to print postage until the inspection is com-
pleted.
Follow the prompts on your mailing system to make a successful connection.
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Adding Postage

Use the Funds application to add postage to your system.
1. You can access the Funds application by selecting the Funds button on the Home
screen, selecting the Postage in meter button on the bottom of the Run Mail screen, or
selecting Add Postage to Meter when you receive a low funds warning or an insufficient
funds error.
2. The Funds screen displays. If necessary, select the Meter Funds tab.
3. If necessary, select the Add Postage to Meter button.
4. Select the appropriate refill amount option:
To add the same postage amount that was used during the last refill select the Last
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refill amount button.
To add the default postage amount select the Default refill amount button.
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To add a different postage amount select the Other amount button. Enter the refill
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amount and then select the OK button.
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