Printer DA70S, DA75S Operator Guide - Pitney Bowes Canada

SV61665 Rev. D
Specifications • Appendix A
Special Note on FIM Barcode (U.S. Only)
FIM (Face Identifi cation Marking) barcode was developed by the
USPS as part of their POSTNET barcoding system. It is normally
used by high-volume mailers to put on return envelopes for their
customers’ invoices.
When the invoices are mailed back in their return envelope, the
USPS sorts and processes this mail according to what version of
FIM barcode is used on the envelope: FIM A (Postage required,
POSTNET bar code included), FIM C (Postage prepaid, POSTNET
bar code included), and FIM D (Postage required, POSTNET bar
code not included).
One of the requirements of the FIM barcode is that it needs to be
printed on the edge of the envelope (typically printed in the top right
corner). This is diffi cult to support by our printers, especially on on
the trail edge. Inverted mode may supply a better print for the FIM,
but any attempt to print to the exact edge of the envelope is liable to
"miss" the edge occasionally. Because of these issues, we cannot
guarantee full USPS compliance.
Throughput
14,000 letters per hour (lph)
Based on:
• Print quality - Draft mode
• 3-line destination address
• 18 characters per line
• 12-point character size
• Time New Roman font
• Bidirectional printing of text
NOTE: Adding graphics and/or printing at a higher resolution (e.g.,
Letter or Executive mode) will decrease throughput.
Stacker Capacity
• Input Stacker: 600 #10 or DL Envelopes with Bin extension, or
250 without extension installed.
• Output Stacker: 150 #10 or DL Envelopes
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