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Buying or Leasing a Postage Meter: What Should Your Business Consider?
A postage meter can simplify the preparation of outgoing business mail. But choosing the equipment is only one part of the decision. You also need to understand how the proposed purchase, rental or lease arrangement will work. Before committing, compare the full cost,...
Why Does Paper Jam in a Folding Machine? Common Causes and How to Avoid Them
A folding machine can make light work of invoices, statements and marketing letters. But when sheets stop feeding properly, even a small interruption can hold up an entire mailing run. Before assuming the machine needs replacing, check the paper, loading and setup....
What Cardboard Can You Put Through a Cardboard Shredder?
Your latest delivery has arrived, the stock is unpacked, and another pile of empty boxes is heading towards the recycling bin. Could those boxes become protective packaging for your next shipment? A cardboard shredder or perforator can turn suitable waste cardboard...
RD-325 or RD-425: Which Cardboard Shredder Suits Your Warehouse?
If your business receives more cardboard boxes than it can reuse, a cardboard shredder can turn some of that surplus into packing material for outgoing orders. The next question is which machine suits your operation. FP Mail offers two cardboard recyclers: the RD-325...
Folding Machine or Folding and Inserting Machine: Which Does Your Office Need?
When an office sends letters, invoices or notices in batches, folding the pages can take longer than expected. A folding machine can remove that manual step. But if staff still spend hours putting the pages into envelopes, a folding and inserting machine may be the...
How to Choose a Postage Meter for Your Business
A business that sends five letters a day has different mailing needs from one that prepares hundreds of envelopes each week. Both may benefit from a postage meter, but the right setup depends on what you send, how often you send it and who prepares the mail. Before...
Stop Buying Packaging You Can Make From Your Own Cardboard Waste
Many businesses pay twice for packaging. First, products and stock arrive in cardboard boxes. Those boxes are unpacked, flattened and sent for recycling or disposal. Then the same business purchases rolls, sheets or bags of protective packaging material to send...
Postage Meter vs Stamps: Which Is Better for Your Business?
For a business that only sends a handful of letters occasionally, buying stamps is simple enough. But as outgoing mail volumes increase, managing stamps, calculating postage and preparing individual mail pieces can become an inefficient use of staff time. A postage...
When Does Your Business Need a Folding Machine?
Folding a few letters by hand is easy. Folding hundreds of invoices, statements, notices or marketing letters is a very different job. For businesses that regularly prepare large volumes of documents for mailing, manual folding can consume hours of staff time every...
The Ultimate Shipping Hack: Turning Waste Cardboard Into Free Premium Packaging
In high-volume fulfillment, packaging costs can quietly erode your margins. Between purchasing bubble wrap, packing peanuts, and custom void fill, the expenses add up fast. But what if the solution to your packaging supply problem was already sitting in your recycling...