Chart B: Printing on tape
If: Then use this method:
You know the amount of postage needed for your mail. Key in Postage
You do not know the weight of your piece of mail. Attached Scale
You have several pieces of mail and do not know the
required postage amounts.
Attached Scale
You know the weight. Manual weight entry
Your pieces of mail vary in types, sizes, and/or weights. Differential weighing with Auto tape printing selected
Chart C: Processing mail without postage
If: Then use this method:
You only want to seal the envelopes and do not want to
apply postage.
Seal only
You want to print the date or time incoming mail for record
keeping.
Date and Time non-postal jobs
Shape Based Rating
The shape of a mailpiece (thickness, length, width) plays a large role in the pricing of First-Class
Mail®, Express Mail, and Priority Mail postage. Since May of 2007, the USPS® has combined weight
with shape to better align prices with processing costs. This is to ensure that every type of mail covers
its costs, i.e., Shape Based Rating or SBR.
The ability to rate mail based on weight and shape is available on systems with the Weigh-On-The-
Way® (WOW®)/Shaped Based Rating module.
Running mail
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