Pitney Bowes DM550 User Manual
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DM500™ and DM550™ Digital Mailing System Operating Guide
Mixed Mail
Mail consisting of varying lengths and widths.
Mode Key
Press to choose from a variety of mail processing modes.
Modem
That part of the mailing system that dials the Pitney Bowes
Postage By Phone® Meter Payment System center and
transfers information over the phone.
Numeric Keys
The part of the IntelliLink® Control Center that you use to
enter amounts and numbers.
Password
See Supervisor Password.
Permit
A permit is a special postal mark used instead of the usual
meter stamp imprint. You open a permit account at the Post
Office. These permits provide you with special processing
or discount rates.
Postage by Phone® System
The Pitney Bowes system that allows you to purchase
postage over the phone line.
Postage Meter
See Postal Security Device.
Postal Security Device (PSD)
The PSD contains the funds and performs all of the
calculations necessary to print meter stamps that comply
with the latest USPS standards. The PSD is contained in
the DM Series™ Digital Mailing System IntelliLink® Control
Center.
Postage Tape
Tape on which reports or meter stamps are printed when
a piece of mail is too large or small, or too fragile to run
through the mailing system.
Presets
A combination of mailing system settings you create and
name so that you can call them up as a named preset
thereby eliminating the need to enter each setting whenever
you use this combination of settings.
Printer Nozzle
The mechanism in the print engine that sprays the ink onto
the envelope or tape.
Prompt
A displayed message requesting you to respond to a
choice, condition, or action.
Quick Refill
This refill repeats the same amounts of the previous refill.
Rate update
Changing of the postal rates by the USPS.
Reports Key
This key allows you to view a or select a report to print.
Return Receipts
A return receipt for Certified Mail serves as a legal
document proving the date and time when the recipient took
possession of the piece of mail. You fill out a return receipt
postcard and the Postal Service sends the green return
receipt postcard back to you, the sender.