Do we have a Mailing Permit for bulk mail? Are we setup/trained for it?
Do we have a way to use the PC postage meter solutions if unwilling to purchase a postage machine.
Two possible PC based solutions:
• Mailing Permit Imprints
If you're a business or non-profit mailer with fairly standard, cyclical mailings you should consider a mailing permit. For an annual fee you can set up a centralized postage payment account with the Postal Service. When you use a Mailing Permit account you print a permit imprint indicia on your mail pieces. This type of indicia simply indicates 'Postage Paid" without specifying an amount and your mailing account is deducted on the basis of weight and standardization of your mailing.
• Postage Meters
With the latest technology advances meters have become even more popular as a convenient way to pay for postage and track costs. Meters are machines that are leased from commercial manufacturers in cooperation with the Postal Service that allow you to dial-up and download postage directly into the machine and then print it as you need it. Meters print postage meter indicia indicating the postage paid directly onto the mailpiece or onto an approved label. A particular advantage of meters is the ability to print the exact rate you need for your particular mailing.
• PC Postage™ Products
If you prefer doing business from your computer, consider PC Postage software products. Like postage meters, PC Postage products and services are available from commercial providers in cooperation with the Postal Service. With PC Postage software you can purchase postage over the Internet and use your standard desktop printer to print the PC Postage indicia directly onto envelopes or labels for your mail or packages. There are great additional features like printing variable rates, integration with scales and related online applications, and postage expense reports.
If you're a business or non-profit mailer with fairly standard, cyclical mailings you should consider a mailing permit. For an annual fee you can set up a centralized postage payment account with the Postal Service. When you use a Mailing Permit account you print a permit imprint indicia on your mail pieces. This type of indicia simply indicates 'Postage Paid" without specifying an amount and your mailing account is deducted on the basis of weight and standardization of your mailing.
• Postage Meters
With the latest technology advances meters have become even more popular as a convenient way to pay for postage and track costs. Meters are machines that are leased from commercial manufacturers in cooperation with the Postal Service that allow you to dial-up and download postage directly into the machine and then print it as you need it. Meters print postage meter indicia indicating the postage paid directly onto the mailpiece or onto an approved label. A particular advantage of meters is the ability to print the exact rate you need for your particular mailing.
• PC Postage™ Products
If you prefer doing business from your computer, consider PC Postage software products. Like postage meters, PC Postage products and services are available from commercial providers in cooperation with the Postal Service. With PC Postage software you can purchase postage over the Internet and use your standard desktop printer to print the PC Postage indicia directly onto envelopes or labels for your mail or packages. There are great additional features like printing variable rates, integration with scales and related online applications, and postage expense reports.
the office used to have a postage meter around 2003-2005. i remember the church secretary at the time complaining about it.
ReplyDeletewe use stamps.com at work, which saves time, but does not necessarily save money. there is a cost for the convenience.
two potential problems with using stamps.com for St. Aug are: 1. that there is only one Windows PC there. so, the Rector's Mac would not be able to use it (unless he installs a Windows operating system on his Mac), and 2. it prevents Judy from using the computer while a mass mailing is needing completion, e.g. -- if she does a mail merge procedure to print out all the envelopes and letters ahead of time and just needs a volunteer to stuff and stamp them, which is how it is currently done.