Size Matters - Launch of DM575 Digital Mailing System

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 28, 2006 -
Pitney Bowes has launched the Pricing in Proportion-ready DM575 Digital Mailing System for mid-volume mailers. The innovative DM575 features Pitney Bowes’ Weigh-on-the-Way™ (W-o-W™) and Dimensions-on-the-Way™ (D-o-W™) technology which automatically sizes and weighs the mail-piece before applying the correct postage.

The introduction of Royal Mail’s new Pricing in Proportion payment structure has placed an added pressure on businesses to ensure that post is despatched accurately and efficiently. For some businesses, cost-savings may be achievable through switching mail to different envelope sizes. But for many, PiP will not affect day-to-day communication costs. Yet these businesses must still be confident that each and every mail-piece is processed accurately.

Using D-o-W™ technology, the Pitney Bowes DM575 automatically assesses the length, width and thickness of a mail-piece to determine which PiP format it belongs to, eliminating the need to manually check items against a size and thickness template. This automation allows all businesses to achieve real efficiencies through more productive mail processing.

IntelliLink

The DM575 is enhanced with the power of IntelliLink® technology, which provides access to a range of services that enable maximum efficiency. The system enables users to top up postage funds automatically via a secure connection so that postage is always available and provides the option for downloading the latest postal rates. For professional presentation, advertising slogans can be downloaded allowing users to customise their envelopes for greater impact.

The DM575 is intuitive, reliable and delivers high levels of productivity, bringing cost controls, process improvements and accounting functions right to the mail centre. For more extensive reporting or enterprise-wide postage accounting and consolidation, the DM575 can network with Pitney Bowes MeterNet, a PC-based information management system.

Additionally, the DM575 Series can be connected to other folding and inserting equipment by the Machine Mailing Interface, which allows a seamless mailing operation. Communication between systems means greater productivity with a more efficient process that automatically produces ready to despatch mail.

Stuart Bonthrone, Regional Vice President for Western Europe, Pitney Bowes, states: “PiP is a radical change to postal processing and one that businesses must be equipped to take advantage of.

“For some businesses, PiP will provide obvious cost-saving opportunities through the re-design of communications. For others, cost-efficiencies will come not from changing the make-up of documents but from the efficient and accurate processing of PiP-ready mail.

“Automation at this stage can save mid-sized businesses time and effort, and provides a guarantee that their brand values are carried via the professional presentation of their mail.”