DA500, DA550, W660 and W680 Envelope Printers

Specifications

IMPORTANT

The specifications below are subject to material test and are subject to change without notice. They are supplied for information purposes only and do not form any guarantee of machine performance by Pitney Bowes.

Equipment

Physical Dimensions: 370mm high x 410mm wide x 550mm deep (without wireform)

Weight: 20kg including print cartridge(s) and catch bin

Electrical: 220-240VAC, 50Hz, 0.5A

Interface: Centronics Parallel and Serial

Control Language: PCL5, modified

Driver Compatibility: Windows 95 and Windows NT compatible

Address Recovery: Memory buffer holds a maximum of 20 addresses

Print Capability: DA500/W660 is Black only, DA550/W680 is Black or Colour

Print Modes (Print Resolution) DPI

• Draft: Black 300 x 300, Colour 300 x 150

• Letter Quality: Black 300 x 600, Colour 300 x 200

• Executive: Black 600 x 600, Colour 300 x 300

Resident Fonts: Courier, Sans Serif, Roman, Baxter, Alpine, Hancock, Marina, Quincy, Silicon, Springer, Stencil, Windmill and OCR-A (all fonts are scalable from 4 to 30pt size).

Resident Font Enhancements

• Bold

• Expanded

• Outline

• Condensed

• Italic

Downloadable Fonts: Supports bitmapped, downloadable fonts.

Cartridge Fonts: Not required. Fonts are downloaded with addresses.

Barcode Printing (USA Only): The printers can print a 5- or 11-digit USPS NAIC-certified POSTNET barcode in one of three positions: the lower right of the envelope; above the address block; and below the address block.

User-Definable Parameters

• Font Characteristics

• Address Placement

• Barcode Characteristics

• Print Quality

Throughput: 9,000 pieces per hour, depending on print mode, media size, number of address lines, and barcode imprinting. The following throughput specifications are typical for DL size envelopes, size 10pt type and 3 lines per address:

Draft Letter Executive
Three lines, 18 characters per line, no barcode, margin 127mm, black only 9,000 8,000 7,000
Five lines, 18 characters per line, no barcode, margin 127mm, black only 5,600 5,600 4,400
Margin 127mm, Black and Colour 1,000
NOTE: Graphics will affect throughput speed

Input Stacker Capacity: 200 DL size Envelopes

Output Stacker Capacity: 150 DL size Envelopes

Effective Print Area: The printable width is 240mm measured from the right side of the mailpiece. The printable height is 380mm measured from the bottom edge of the mailpiece.

Ink Cartridge: User-replaceable ink jet

Single Black Ink Cartridge (order reference 660-1)

Single Colour Ink Cartridge (order reference 660-5)

Print Position Accuracy for a DL size envelope :

Horizontal: within +/- 1.5mm

Vertical: within +/- 1.5mm

Skew: within +/- 1 degree

Print Position Accuracy for other media:

Horizontal: within +/- 3.0mm

Vertical: within +/- 3.0mm

Skew: within +/- 2-1/2 degrees

Operating Temperature: 12 to 35ºC

Operating Humidity: 8 to 80%

Storage Temperature (Printer): 5 to 40ºC

Storage Humidity (Supplies): 10 to 90%

Shipment Temperature (Printer): -20 to 60ºC

Shipment Humidity (Supplies): 5 to 100%

Noise Level: Idle <6.6 Bel (A), Operating <7.3 Bel(A), Operator position: no more than 65 dBa referenced to 20 µpa

Recommended Usage: Pitney Bowes has tested this machine under many different conditions and recommends that you do not exceed the usage levels specified below:

• Monthly usage is 77,000 pieces

NOTE: Usage beyond these recommended cycles is not covered under the Pitney Bowes Equipment Maintenance Agreement.

• Product life is 5 years or 4,620,000 cycles

 

Material

Approved Media: The paper types listed below are approved for use with the Printers. Please note that the dimensional limits above apply in all cases, and that all media (flats, envelopes, postcards, catalog envelopes, etc.) must be without windows, unstuffed and unsealed.

• White Wove

• Bond paper

• Recycled paper

• Coated paper

• Card stock

• Brown kraft

• Manilla

Material Size: 76mm to 317.5mm wide x 127mm to 381mm high

Material Thickness: 0.08mm to 3mm

Material Notes:

Envelopes have a flap along the long edge and are processed by the printer non-flap edge first. Envelopes may have either a diagonal or straight edge along the envelope flap.

Booklets are defined as media having physical dimensions 150 x 230mm or larger. Booklets have an opening along their long edge which is covered by a flap with an adhesive seal.

Catalog envelopes have an opening along their short edge which is closed by a flap with an adhesive seal.

Postcards have no folds or bends. The printable side may have a higher surface roughness than the non-printable side.

Self-mailers may be of "C," "Z," or 1/2-folded construction. They may not exceed the maximum allowable thickness as specified on the previous page and must be tabbed per postal regulations.

A catalog may consist of multiple pages bound by adhesive or tabs on the feed edge or at 90 degrees with respect to the feed edge.

Sheet stock may consist of 60 to 105gsm bond as well as 225 to 300gsm coated stock. The size and thickness constraints specified above apply.

 

Compliance
 

Pitney Bowes certifies that the DA500, DA550, W660 and W680 comply with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC.