Printing Internet Postage with DAZzle 2001
DAZzle with Internet Postage allows you to print postage directly
on your mail-pieces. The United States Postal Service (USPS) regulates
the printing of postage using your DAZzle software. Please take a
few minutes to familiarize yourself with the USPS rules in this
document.
USPS Registration
The first step, before using DAZzle to print postage, is to sign-up
with Endicia and we will forward your information on to the USPS.
Click
here to start the sign-up process. Your application will be
processed immediately after the sign-up and you can then use DAZzle
to purchase and print postage.
If your address or any other information you submitted during your
on-line application changes, you should return to
www.endicia.com and update your
account information
Purchasing USPS Postage
Just like with stamps and meters, your account with the USPS must be
pre-paid to use Internet Postage. DAZzle lets you purchase postage in
increments of $10, $25, $50, $100, $200, or $500. You can use your
checking account or a credit card: American Express, Visa, Mastercard,
Discover, Diners Club, or Carte Blanche.
US Postage Products
You can purchase US postage in any amount and use it for domestic and
international mail. You can produce postcards, envelopes, self-mailers,
fold-outs, newsletters, etc. If you can feed it through your printer,
you can print postage on it.
Post Office
Your USPS Registration is associated with a Licensing Post Office (LPO)
region. The LPO region for your account is determined based on your
address when you submit your application. In general, you should drop
all your Internet Postage mail in a mailbox within your LPO region.
You may drop mail at other LPO regions, but if you move to another
location you should contact Endicia Customer Support to change your LPO
to the one most frequently used.
Mailing Date
You must deposit your mail from DAZzle on the day of the postage date
printed on the mail-piece. DAZzle Post allows you to post-date your
mail-piece by up to 7 days. If you do not send your mail on the printed
date, you must print a date-correction using DAZzle.
USPS Updates
The USPS has currently approved DAZzle for certain classes of mail.
The classes that are accepted and the postal rates are subject to
change. Your DAZzle software will check the date of your software to
make sure you are using the correct rates. If the rates have changed
since you purchased your software, DAZzle will advise you and will
try to update your software over the Internet. If you do not update
your software, you may not print postage from DAZzle.
Mistakes and Refunds
If you realize you've made a mistake after you've printed postage, please refer to for the refunds
rules at
http://www.endicia.com/Support/RefundPolicy/.
Please make sure you do not use
envelopes or label media that are too thick for your printer's paper path. If you are in doubt, print
a
test envelope or label before you print postage.
WARNING: The filing of false, fictitious or fraudulent refund requests for the
return of U.S. postage is punishable under the criminal laws of the United States.
18 U.S.C. ยง1001
Electronic Delivery/Signature Confirmation Acceptance
Occasionally, we get complaints that some postmasters or some clerks at
Post Offices are not yet aware of the Electronic Delivery/Signature Confirmation
rates. This is very rare, but if you are sending packages for the first
time, you might consider printing the following pages from the USPS
web-site and taking them with you - just in case:
http://www.usps.com/shipping/deliveryconfirm.htm
http://www.usps.com/shipping/signatureconfirm.htm
These pages show the rate difference for Retail and Electronic Delivery
Confirmation. If your Post Office insists that you pay the retail
charges, please do the following:
- Make sure you get a receipt for what you pay.
- Send an email to
support@endicia.com
with the Post Office address and the name of the clerk or
postmaster.