Pitney Bowes DM550 Postal Equipment User Manual


 
DM500™ and DM550™ Series Digital Mailing System Operating Guide
SV61436 Rev. D 2 - 3
Variety of Communications Options
Your DM Series™ Digital Mailing System comes with communications ports
for data communications with Pitney Bowes support services and for inter-
facing to external devices such as a
personal computer, an optional scale,
or other peripherals.
If you do not have access to your organization’s Local Area Network, an
in
ternal modem for connecting to an analog telephone line is also available
to allow data communications with Pitney Bowes support services as well
as external mail/parcel carriers.
Communications with Pitney Bowes provide
s the following benefits:
Postage By Phone® Meter Payment System refills
Remote postage inspections
USPS Confirmation Services (Delivery Confirmation, Signature Confir-
mation, and electronic filing of Certified Mail)
Ability to download graphic images (ads, inscriptions, and permits)
Ability to download rate change and software updates
Accounting and
Reporting
INVIEW™ Accounting
The INVIEW™ accounting and reporting feature allows you to store post-
age costs for 100 accounts, or you can purchase an option to store 300
accou
nts. You can run reports on single or multiple accounts and limit
access to the accounts by password protecting them. For more information
on the INVIEW™ accounting package, refer to INVIEW™ Accounting
Operator Guide, SV62233.
Budget Manager
You can also acquire the enhanced accounting package, Budget Manager.
Budget Manager allows you to create more accounts with higher levels of
detail.
For more information on Budget Manager, refer to Budge
t Manager
Operator Guide, SV60957.
Business Manager
You can connect your DM Series™ system directly to a Business Manager
host PC and control all of your accounts, operators and postal transaction
data through the Business Manager Administration module. For more infor-
mation on Business Manager, refer to the help within the Business Man-
ager application.