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Fee A premium paid in return for special carrier
services.
Inscription A graphical or textual mark placed near the meter
imprint which relates to a particular type of mail
service and which is required by the U.S. Postal
Service. Examples include "ZIP+4" and
"ZIP+4 Barcode" inscriptions. Up to three inscrip
tion plates can be inserted in the meter.
Job Preset A "snapshot" of the system configuration. The
system allows nine Job Presets to be saved and
retrieved.
Key Operator A user who has access to more features than an
operator and to less features than a supervisor.
Locked Account An account not currently active (restricted from
use) which may be activated, modified and/or
deleted.
Operator A user with the lowest access level, that is, one
who can access the fewest number of features.
Platform A weighing device used with the mail processor.
Rating class Postal authority or carrier-defined types of service.
Rating classes are provided to the system via the
rating module.
Scale A weighing and rating device which can operate
independently of the mail processor.
SoftKeys
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The six keys on the left side of the system display.
The labels and functions of these keys change
depending on the operation being performed.
Subaccount An accounting record which is grouped with other
records under a master account.
Supervisor A user with the highest customer access level.
Surcharge A premium over and above the nominal postage
which is charged to an account when mail for that
account is processed. Note that surcharges can be
negative (rebates).
Transaction Data about mail and tapes processed (as part of the
same batch) and charged to a given Account ID and
class.
