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4 Running Mail
1Determining 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
•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.
Chart A - Printing on Mail
| If: | Use this Mode: |
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| You know the amount of postage | Key In Postage |
| needed for your piece of mail. |
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| You do not know the weight of your | Attached Scale |
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| Pieces of mail are different weights, | |
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| Under 1 lb. and under 13 in. x 13 in. | A purchaseable option. |
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| Not in all systems. |
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| Your pieces of mail vary in types, | Differential Weighing* |
| sizes, and/ or weights. | A purchaseable option. |
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| Not in all systems. |
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| All pieces of mail are identical. | Weigh First Piece |
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SV60951 Rev. A |