4 running mail, Determining the correct mode – Pitney Bowes DM1000 User Manual

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SV60951 Rev. A

4 Running Mail

Determining
the Correct
Mode

Feeding Mail or Printing Tape?

1. If your mailpiece requires no application of postage, see Chart C on

the following page to choose your mode.

2. If your mailpiece requires postage, you must determine if you can print

directly on your mail.

You can feed mail if your pieces of mail are:

under 3/4in. thick.

over 3-1/2 in. x 5 in. or under 13 in. x 15 in.

under 5 lbs.

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.

of a size which meets the requirements for mail feeding listed in 2-
Meet the DM1000.

3. If your mail meets the above requirements for feeding, 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.

1

Chart A - Printing on Mail

If:

Use this Mode:

You know the amount of postage

Key In Postage

needed for your piece of mail.

You do not know the weight of your

Attached Scale

piece of mail.

Pieces of mail are different weights,

W-O-W*

but fall within the size guidelines listed.

(Weigh-on-the-Way)

Under 1 lb. and under 13 in. x 13 in.

Your pieces of mail vary in types,

Differential Weighing*

sizes, and/ or weights.

All pieces of mail are identical.

Weigh First Piece
(Used only with W-O-W)

A purchaseable option.
Not in all systems.

A purchaseable option.
Not in all systems.

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