Your Pitney Bowes Digital Postage Meter prints postage using funds downloaded from your postage account. These topics provide you with helpful information related to postage funding and refilling your meter.
Checking Your Postage BalanceSimply press the
Available / Funds key on your meter. The balance will display directly on the screen.
Downloading postage funds to your meterYour postage meter does not come with pre-loaded postage. You must connect to the Pitney Bowes Data Center to download postage. For more information about the different methods of connectivity to Pitney Bowes, refer to
Data Center Connection Types.Methods to fund postagePitney Bowes offers 2 postage funding methods:
PitneyWorks® Account – bill later optionPB Postage (PBP) Account – prepaid optionFunds will be drawn first from any prepaid account balance. If you do not have a prepaid balance or you choose to download more postage than available in your prepaid account, the difference will come from your PitneyWorks account.
Note: Postage coupons or postage credits are treated as a prepaid balance.
Refill ChargesYou may incur minimal charges for refilling your meter, depending on the terms of your agreement.
UPDATED: April 01, 2021