Pitney Bowes DM550 - Manual (Page 38)

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3 • Mail in a Minute
Printing
Postage Tapes
Print postage tapes for:
• Packages
• Onion skin/airmail type envelopes
• Tyvek
® envelopes
• Envelopes that are thicker than 5/8”
• Any pieces of mail that are outside the limits specified for mailing ma-
terials - see Specifications, Mai��in� Materia��s in Appendix C of this
guide for details.
You can request up to 99 tapes at a time. The tapes exit into the stacker.
The DM500™ and DM550™ Digital Mailing System is designed to use a
special pressure sensitive adhesive tape made exclusively for it.
WARNING! Use only fresh rolls of Pitney Bowes tape to avoid
distortion or jams in the mechanism and possible loss of
postage.
To print a postage tape:
1. Locate the tape exit on the right side of the mailing system.
2. With the correct postage set on the main screen, press the
Tape key to
print one tape.
3. To print more than one tape, use the numeric keys to type in the num-
ber of tapes you want, then press the Tape key.
The system prints the tapes.
NOTE: Do not lift any of the covers on the mailing system while the tape is
printing or the system will stop printing, cut and eject the tape.
Running the
Mail
1. Press the Mode key on the IntelliLink® Control Center.
2. Select Key In Postage.
3. Key in the correct postage value using the numeric keys on the control
center, then press the Enter key.
4. Place the piece of mail on the feed deck and press the Start key.