(These are problems like accidentally printing on the back of labels or an envelope, etc.) Issues with ® mostly arise from not properly placing media in the printer. The online software system is very easy to use.
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® has a lot of customer support/instructional materials about how to create the postage for a variety of parcels, postage types and options. Ease of use: Both systems, once set up, are pretty easy to use. It provides you with rate comparisons by weight and shipping class. ® will check your outbound address for errors and alert you to addresses that may be incorrect. Both can have their postage refilled 24 hours a day from the office. Both will weigh a piece of mail and automatically calculate the necessary amount of postage it will require to send. Automated features:īoth systems auto-update so you will not print an incorrect date or an antiquated amount of postage when the rates rise. The Pitney Bowes meter is self contained, so you don’t have to use a computer with it, however, if you want to use the Shipping Assistant®, you will need to have an internet-connected Windows machine available. The ® system requires that you have a PC or a Mac that runs Windows (and has an internet connection) in order to use it as well as a printer that works with it. The Pitney Bowes 2 ™ Digital Mailing System (after the 60-day trial) does require a rental agreement, and cancelling before your term is up will cause you incur early termination fees.
You can cancel your subscription anytime, there is no contract and no equipment to return. The Pintey Bowes ink is a specialty cartridge that fits their machine which costs around $50 and is good for about 500-900 impressions or 4-6 months. The cost of ink in the Stamps system is the cost of your regular ink-jet printer ink, since the ® stamps are printed with the same ink you’d use to print anything else.
Both systems are within a similar monthly cost range (Stamps $15.99, Pitney Bowes $19.99).