Determining the correct postage mode, Feeding mail or printing tape, Determining the correct postage mode -4 – Pitney Bowes DM925 User Manual

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4 • Running Mail

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SV62207 Rev. B

Determining
the Correct
Postage
Mode

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

directly on your mail. You can feed mail if your pieces of mail are:

• under 3/4 in. thick.

• over 3.5 in. x 5 in. or under 13 in. x 15 in.

• under 5.0 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.

• Meet the other requirements for mail feeding listed in Chapter 12,

Specifications

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.

1

Chart A - Printing on Mail

If:

Then use this mode:

You know the amount of postage needed for

your piece of mail.

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 Chapter 12 in this guide.

W-O-W® - Weigh-On-The-

Way® (An option you may be

able to purchase. Not avail-

able on all systems.)

All pieces of mail are identical.

Weight First Piece (only avail-

able with W-O-W®)

Your pieces of mail vary in types, sizes, and/or

weights.

Differential Weighing (An

option you may be able to pur-

chase. Not available on all

systems.)

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