4 • Running Mail
4-4 SV62201 Rev. C
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 5/8in. (15.9mm) thick.
• over 3.5 in. x 5 in. or under 13 in. x 10 in.
• underr 10 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.
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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 Appendix C in this guide.
WOW® - Weigh-On-The-
Way®
All pieces of mail are identical. Weight First Piece (only avail-
able with WOW®)
Your pieces of mail vary in types, sizes, and/or
weights.
Differential Weighing (avail-
able as an option on your DM
Series™ Digital Mailing Sys-
tem).