Pitney Bowes DM400C - Manual (Page 16)

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1 • Introduction
SV62261 Rev. A
Postal Requirements
The meter on your mailing machine is licensed by the United States
Postal Service (USPS
® ) and you must follow some basic requirements.
• Mail must have the correct date and postage amount in the
meter stamp (indicia).
• Metered mail must bear the ZIP Code location of the post office
where the postage meter (mailing machine) is registered.
• If you move to another ZIP Code location, you must update the
ZIP Code by calling our Customer Care Center (see page v).
• The USPS ® requires a postal inspection of your machine
every 120 days. This postal inspection requirement can be
automatically met by connecting to the Pitney Bowes Data
Center to check your Postage By Phone
® meter payment
account balance or to add postage to your meter.
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NOTE: If the in ter val between inspections is more than 90
days, your machine's dis play prompts "In spec tion Due." If
the interval be tween inspections is more than 120 days, the
dis play prompts "Inspection Required." At this point, you
won't be able to use your mailing system until your system
is inspected. In either case, to sat is fy the postal inspection
requirement, simply:
• Follow the prompts on the "Inspection Due" screen or
• Press Refill Postage and select "Check PBP Account
Balance" (which will not decrease or change the funds in
your account).
• Tape strips are used to apply postage on mail pieces that are
too thick or too large to run through your machine. These sheets
must conform to postal spec i fi ca tions. For best performance, we
recommend Pit ney Bowes tape strips (see Chapter 14, Supplies
and Options
and page v for ordering information).