How to Use a Postage Meter
If you own your own business, or just send a lot of mail every day, you can save time and money by preparing the mail yourself using a postage meter. A postage meter allows you to weigh the mail and then determines the correct amount of postage to put on it. You can learn how to use a postage meter in a few short steps.
- Use the postage meter keyboard to type the rate into if you know what it is for letters that you are sending. Insert the letters into the feed tray and turn the postage meter on. The postage machine will feed the envelopes through the machine and apply the correct postage to the envelope automatically.
- Send larger boxes using the postage meter machine. Set the box on the scale on the machine. The postage meter machine will weigh the box to determine the amount of postage that is needed. You can then print the postage amount on a label and then apply it to the box.
- Add extra postage to larger letters if you think they need extra postage. Set the envelope on the scale on the postage meter machine so it can determine the correct amount of postage that is needed to mail it. Remove the envelope from the postage meter scale, and then feed it through the feeder so it can apply the correct amount of postage directly on the envelope.
- Always check the postage amounts that are printed out by your postage meter machine, and make sure you can read them correctly before you mail them out. Also make sure the amounts are correct.