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5 • Adding Postage/ Connecting to Data Center

Postage and Your Machine

Postage is stored internally in your meter. When you need to add
more, you simply establish communications between your meter and
the Pitney Bowes Data Center, and specify the amount of postage
you wish to download. The postage is electronically transferred to
your meter from your Pitney Bowes Postage By Phone® meter pay-
ment account.
You must establish a Pitney Bowes Postage By Phone® meter pay-
ment account and have funds available in it before you can down-
load the funds (for postage) to your meter. There are several ways
you can arrange to have funds put in your Postage By Phone® me-
ter payment account (send in a check, direct withdrawal, establish
credit, etc.). See the Pitney Bowes Contact List at start of this guide
to call for further information.
i NOTE : Topic headings in this manual that refer to a PC Meter Con-
nect™ desktop application procedure will be listed in green text.

Establishing Communications Between Your Machine

and the Pitney Bowes Data Center

You can establish communications between your mailing system and
the Pitney Bowes Data Center in two ways:.
• Install the PC Meter Connect™ software on a Windows PC that
has Internet access and connect a USB cable between your
mailing machine and the PC (see Appendix A - PC Meter Con-
nect Desktop Application). If it is already installed, see page 5-5.
• Connect the mailing machine to an analog phone line if you do not
have Internet access via a PC (see page 5-8).
i NOTE: Postage refills, system upgrades and rates down-
loads will typically be much faster using an Internet connec-
tion as is used in PC Meter Connect™.
IMPORTANT:
For printing postage, the meter does not have to be connected to
the Pitney Bowes Data Center. However, we recommended you
keep your mailing machine in a "ready-to-connect" state to the
Pitney Bowes Data Center on a permanent basis (using one of the
above connection methods).