Most Common Printing Problems For Your Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Printers

Pitney Bowes is known for providing a variety of3. If your Pitney Bowes digital postage meter
equipment, software, hardware and othercontinues to print poorly, you should purge its
business solutions to help customers handlenozzles. Purging requires you to check some
document workflow while also improving mailsettings for the postage meter. After selecting
performance. In this regard, they have launchedthe 'options key', locate the 'advanced features'
one of the best Pitney Bowes machines –portion and look for the 'maintenance mode' under
digital postage meters.that. Then you will be led to the 'printer
The digital postage meter printers provide a lot ofmaintenance' menu where the word 'purge' can be
benefits to companies needing meters to weighfound.
their mails and calculate postage. In the long run,4. There are times when your Pitney Bowes
the benefit will translate to the fact that thesemachines may not connect with the Data Center.
offices no longer need to travel to post offices.This will then result to non-printing of postage. The
Postage expense tracking is even easier.main thing you should do here is to check your
Could there be possible printing problems withphone line. See if your service provider is available
these Pitney Bowes machines?at the moment. If you are using a DSL line
Well, yes there are some problems that you mayinstead, you are required to have a filter in
encounter with your Pitney Bowes meters. Butbetween your phone line and your wall unit.
don't worry as you may do some troubleshooting.5. There may also be instances when you may
1. The postage meter's display doesn't turn on.encounter software problems for your postage
There may be two reasons for this. First is youmeter machines. This happens when your postage
have failed to plug the unit properly. Next, themeters are attached with a personal computer.
postage meter must be in its sleep mode.You have to check if the Internet settings are
Activating the machine is very easy. Just hit anyproperly set. The 'Internet Settings' can actually
of its buttons once you've seen a yellow indicatorbe found on the Data Center.
light on its display. If you won't be able to solve6. One last problem you may encounter is seeing
these display problems, printing problems willlines on the printed postages. Don't continuously
definitely occur later.run maintenance on the meters. This will cost you
2. The printing places distorted ink on theso much printer ink. You simply need to clean the
envelope. Just make sure the paper is notpostage meter.
jammed. Then open the machine's printerIf in case the troubleshooting tips for your Pitney
cartridge compartment. Check if the cartridgeBowes printing problems won't work, then do not
needs replacement. If it does, slide in the new inkwaste any more time. Call a product support
cartridge properly and make sure that thespecialist from the company for help.
cartridge guard is replaced as well.