6 Adding Postage
Postage By Phone®
Your Postage Meter
Your mailing system is designed to save you time and make adding postage to your meter even more convenient. Postage By Phone is a Pitney Bowes service that you use to add postage to your meter. You can access Postage By Phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through your IntelliLink Control Center. For more information, refer to the Postage By Phone materials furnished with your system.
Postage By Phone allows you to:
•Check your postage account balance.
•Add more postage any time you need to – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Adding postage is a simple, quick and fully automated process. Your mailing system is equipped with a
If you need assistance with Postage By Phone
If you need assistance, have your account number ready and call Postage By Phone at 1.800.243.7800.
Your mailing system contains a Postal Security Device (PSD) that incorporates the latest technology approved by the United States Postal Service to secure funds. The PSD (meter) contains the funds and performs all calculations necessary to print meter stamps that comply with current USPS standards. The PSD (postage meter) is located in your mailing system’s IntelliLink Control Center™.
USPS
Requirements:
Meter
Inspections
The Postal Security Device eliminates the need to perform physical inspections thereby making the system easier and more convenient to use.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) licenses your meter and requires a modem inspection of the meter. Each time you refill your meter or check your Postage By Phone® account balance, the Pitney Bowes Data Center automatically performs a postal inspection.
If the meter in your mailing machine has not detected a modem refill transaction in 90 days, the message “Inspection Due” displays on the IntelliLink Control Center main screen. However, you can still use your meter.
If the meter has not detected a refill in 120 days, the message “Inspection Required” displays and you cannot use your meter.
In either case you must perform a refill. If you don’t need to add funds at this time, check your Postage By Phone account balance (see Checking Your Postage By Phone® Account Balance in this chapter). This satisfies the inspection requirements.
If you have questions, call Postage By Phone (1.800.243.7800).
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