Pitney Bowes DM550 - Manual (Page 42)

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4 • Running Mail
Feeding Mail or Printing Tape?
1. If your mail requires no application of postage, see Chart C on the fol-
lowing page to choose your mode.
2. If your mail requires postage, you must determine if you can print di-
rectly on your mail.
You can feed mail if your pieces of mail are:
• under 5/8 in. (15.9 mm) thick.
• over 3 in. x 5 in. or under 13 in. x 10 in.
• under 5 lbs. or 10 lbs. depending on the capacity of the optional
scale.
• not too thin (such as fliers, or Tyvek® envelopes) or too fragile
(such as air mail and onion skin envelopes) to pass through the
feeder.
• Meet the other requirements for mail feeding listed in Specifica-
tions, Mai��in� Materia��s in Appendix C in this guide.
3. If your mail meets the above requirements, select the appropriate
mode from Chart A below.
4. If your mail does NOT meet the requirements for direct printing, you
MUST print a postage tape. Select the applicable postage mode from
Chart B on the following page.
Chart A - Printing on Mail
If:
Then use this mode:
You know the amount of postage need-
ed for your piece of mail.
Key In Postage
You are running postcards. Key In Postage
You do not know the weight of your
piece of mail.
Attached Scale
The pieces of mail are different weights
but fall within the guidelines listed
above and in the Specifications in
Appendix C in this guide.
WOW™ - WEIGH-ON-THE-
WAY™
All pieces of mail are identical. Weight First Piece (only avail-
able with WOW™)
Your pieces of mail vary in types, sizes,
and/or weights.
Differential Weighing (avail-
able as an option only on the
DM550™ Digital Mailing
System).
1
Determining
the Correct
Postage
Mode