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DM100, DM50 Pitney Bowes DM50, DM100 Original Franking Machine Ink Cartridges

Mailcoms are proud to be the lowest online alternative supplier for purchasing low priced Pitney Bowes Original franking machine ink Cartridges at up to 50% less than Pitney Bowes prices.

All our original DM100i, DM50, DM55, E700, DM200 franking machine ink cartridges are guaranteed brand new sealed originals.

Many cheap compatible ink cartridges have been known to cause print head problems or are fluorescent red and do not comply with Royal Mails strict 'Non Florescent' red policy.

For your own reassurance try our originals and save money on both the cartridge and potential future service issues.

Click Here for more or call 08450 530 930

Neopost IS330, IS350, IS420, IS440, IS460, IS480 Franking Machine Ink Cartridges

Mailcoms are pleased to announce they are the first in the UK to finally offer a cost effective replacement compatible ink cartridge for the Neopost IS330, IS350, IS420, IS440, IS460, IS480 Range of Franking Machines.

This new product completes our Neopost range and finally offers a much cheaper alternative.

This cost effective alternative is available for the much lower price of £59.95 which is nearly 50% of the cost of the Neopost Original. Mailcoms guarantee this new franking machine cartridge to last the same as an original and produce the same quality or your money back!

For more information visit Click Here or call 08450 530930.

Frama Franking Machines - Matrix F2, F4 & F6 Ink Cartridge Refilling

Mailcoms have led the way in franking machine ink cartridge refilling and recycling for a while now and is constantly looking to increase its product and service Range. We're pleased to announce we can now refill most Frama franking machine ink cartridges including the new Matrix Range.

Ecomail / Officemail / Accessmail
Mailcoms can now replace the ribbon & spools inside the ink cartridge, The cartridge would be returned with the same amount of impressions as though it was new.

Mailmax Series
Mailcoms have now developed its own ink and bag for your Mailmax franking machine, this product has now finished its testing phase and is due to be submitted to the Royal Mail shortly for approval. Please keep your empties!!

Matrix F Series
Modern technology has allowed franking machine manufacturers to protect high revenue streams by introducing microchips to their ink cartridges. These microchips are often programmed to time out after a certain time period or a certain number of impressions. Franking machines often then either time out or stop working alerting that the ink has expired.

The Matrix F series is no exception to this latest technology, one customer returned to us a supposedly empty Matrix F2 cartridge where it had only used around 15% of the ink! Although with the Matrix F series it's not so much the refilling but the microchip that's proved to be challenging. The Matrix F series ink cartridge is quite simply two HP45 ink cartridge filled with non fluorescent red ink and a Microchip affixed to one of them.

The Matrix F series uses a short range 'contactless' memory chip with 4096 bit EEPROM. This is basically a microchip with an antenna to send and receive data to and from the franking machine to tell it when stop working and to show the message that the ink is either out of date or has ran out even though much of the ink still remains.

Customers have been asking us to offer a refill service and we are pleased to confirm we are very close to it. Although the microchip used for this cartridge has an 'Anti Clone' function embedded into it we have been developing our own identical program for this chip that performs the same function and therefore allowing us to refill and reset your ink cartridge. The ink we will use is recycled original UK franking machine ink extracted from similar HP45 style UK franking ink cartridges. This ensures the ink cartridge will print and perform as good as it would as if it were new. Again, keep your empties!!

Refilling and resetting your franking machine ink cartridges is not only more environmentally friendly but also far more cost effective.

For more information call 08450 530930 or visit or dedicated franking cartridge recycling website at www.frankingcartridgerecycling.co.uk or visit our main website at www mailcoms.co.uk.

Frama and Matrix F are trademarks of Frama AG

Franking Machines - Postage Discounts Calculator

Mailcoms are pleased to launch their easy to use unique online postage calculator for franking machine users.

This postage discount calculator not only works out the discounts you'll receive for using a franking machine but it will also recommend a machine and inform you of the running costs you'll likely to experience in some of our lower volume machines.

You'll find this unique calculator at: http://www.mailcoms.co.uk/Franking_calculator4.html.

This is the only online system of its kind and will enhance you experience when looking to choose a franking machine.

Franking Machines & Ink Cartridge Recycling / Refilling / Refill

Mailcoms Ltd are proud to announce they have launch the only dedicated franking machine ink cartridge recycling service in the UK.

From this site you can send in your empties for recycling and refilling.

Models include:
Neopost IJ25 / Autostamp Franking Machines
Neopost I35 / IJ40 / IJ45 / IJ50 Franking Machines
Neopost IJ65 / IJ70 / IJ80 Franking machines
Neopost IS 330 / IS350 / IS420 / IS430 / IS460 / IS480 Franking Machines
Frama Mailspirit / Mailmax / Matrix F2 / Matrix F4 & F6 Franking Machines
Frama Ecomail / Accessmail / Officemail Franking Machines
FP Mailing Mymail / Ultimail Franking Machines
Pitney Bowes DM390 / DP200 / DP400

Most cartridges are refilled using original UK franking machine ink.

For more information please visit www.frankingcartridgerecycling.co.uk or call 08450 530930.

Second Hand Used Franking Machines and Ebay Advice

Franking Machines are not like your typical piece of office machinery. To be able to re-use them you need to register the machine to be able to recreditit/top up the machine. In addition you'll need a Royal Mail license to use it. This whole reconnecting/re licensing process can cost a substantial amount of money and usually much more that you'll probably pay for the machine.

One recent problem is that franking machines are being listed on ebay despite being a 'prohibited item'. Most of these franking machines are either leased or rented from the manufacturer and when a machine is not returned to the manufacturer at the end of a rental or lease its listed as lost or stolen and will not be able to be relicensed.

If you get offered a second hand franker always check the meter / serial number with the manufacturer. This is the number that starts with letters followed by a sequence of numbers such as N12346567 or PB1234567.

If you are looking for a used machine or low cost new machine please feel free to contact us on 08450 530 930 or visit our website at www.mailcoms.co.uk.

Useful numbers to check machine serial numbers are - Pitney Bowes - 08444 992 992 or Neopost - 01708 746000.