Managing Your Postage Funds. Pitney Bowes DM800i™, DM800i Series, DM800i, DM800iTM

6 • Adding Postage

Managing Your

Postage Funds

Refer to the appropriate section listed here for checking funds and account balances and adding postage when using the Postage By Phone® Meter

Payment System.

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Connecting Your Postage Meter to a Local Area Network (LAN)

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Refer to this section if you are using your organization’s Local Area

Network and an approved connection device. This is the recommended method.

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Connecting Your Postage Meter to an Analog Phone Line.

If you do not have a LAN connection, refer to this section to see how to connect your postage meter to an analog line. This shows the recommended connections for when the analog line is close to your mailing system, and when you have to remove the IntelliLink® Control Center and take it to a remote location.

Checking Available Funds in Your Meter.

Follow this procedure to see if you have sufficient funds in your meter.

Checking Your Postage By Phone® System Account Balance.

Follow this procedure to see how many funds are in your account.

Adding the Postage.

Follow this procedure to add postage from your

Postage By Phone® System account to your postage meter.

Postage Pass - Automated Postage Refill.

Follow this procedure to set up automatic postage refills on your postage meter.

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Connecting

Your

Postage

Meter to a

LAN

Adding postage funds to your system is fast, easy, and convenient. Connect to the internet (and to Pitney Bowes) using your organization’s Local

Area Network (LAN).

NOTE:

If a LAN connection is not available, you can connect via analog phone line. Refer to 2, Connecting Your Postage Meter to an Analog Line Phone Line in this chapter for more information.

Plug one end of the Ethernet cable (supplied) into the internet source and the other end into the USB adapter. Plug the USB adapter into one of the available USB ports on the back of your DM Series™ machine base as shown here.

USB network adapter plugs into the

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DM Series™ base USB connector

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LAN Internet cable

USB connectors on the

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DM Series™ base

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