Connect+ 3000
Stay ahead of your competitors

The Connect+ 3000 Digital SMART Franking Machine prints fast, really fast. It also allows you to produce customised envelopes on demand, so your marketing message to customers and potential customers can change whenever you need it to.

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Overview Features Case Studies Specifications

The Connect+ 3000 Digital SMART Franking Machine makes every envelope an opportunity to generate revenue. It provides 1,200-dpi HP powered ink-jet printing in process colour or black and postal-compliant red fluorescent. It has a 7/8" printing path across the full length of the envelope, top and bottom, front or back.


Plus, it’s easy to use with an intuitive colour touch-screen interface, built-in on-screen tutorials and programmable job presets... all designed to increase productivity.

The Connect+ 3000 Digital Franking Machine can save you time and money, promote your business and generate revenue. Read more about its features and specifications in the  Connect+ 3000 brochure.

Using colour really works...

Research by Leflein Associates shows that envelopes overprinted with colour promotional messages are up to 2½ times more likely to be opened than plain equivalents.

A survey by CAP Ventures found that colour envelope messages can deliver 34% faster response rates and a 32% increase in overall revenue.

Read more about how your business can use colour to increase profitability


Features

Connect+ 3000 Features

  • WOW processing including automatic shape-based rating
  • Four speed options: 105/165 (standard), 135/220, 170/270 and 205/310 LPM in WOW / non-WOW modes
  • Color ink printing
  • Automatic Commercial-Based Pricing (CBP)
  • Adhesive tape standard
  • Gummed tape standard
  • Open- or closed-flap sealing
  • New pump-fed pad sealing system
  • On-screen keyboard (full QWERTY)
  • Flexible printing
  • Peripheral Options

Drop or power stacker options

  • New platform weighing option - 5-lb., 10-lb. or 15-lb. capacity
  • Existing platform weighing options - 15-lb., 30-lb., 70-lb. and 149-lb. capacity
  • Laser Report Printer
  • Barcode Scanner
  • Wireless keyboard with trackball
  • High-Speed LAN Connectivity

25' LAN cable standard

  • Wireless LAN options
  • Sprint 3G cellular available (subscription charge applies)

Color Touch-Screen Display

  • 10.2" standard
  • 15" optional

Interfaced Scale Options

  • 5-lb., 10-lb., 15-lb. small-platform options
  • 15-lb., 39-lb., 70-lb., 149-lb. large-platform options
  • Differential weighing optional

Stacking

  • Drop stacker standard
  • Power stacker optional

Applications

  • MyAccount
  • Package Tracking
  • Address Correction
  • Postal Tools
  • Pitney Bowes Mail Services

Software Options

  • Confirmation services and electronic Return Receipt
  • 100 department accounting (scalable to 3000 accounts)
  • Includes surcharge and weight-break capabilities
  • Energy Star mode

Core Supplies

  • Postal ink - three cartridge options: standard, large and production - see chart/matrix for yields and recommended use
  • Printhead life: 800,000 cycles - customer-replaceable supply item
  • Tape 5" roll, approximately 600 indicia per roll


Feature
Interfaced weighing options
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5, 7, 12 and 35kg
Differential weighing
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Optional
Accounting
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100 standard Up to 500 optional
Stacking options
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Drop stacker or power stacker
Barcode scanner
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Optional
External USB report printer
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Optional
Print colour
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Postal blue, black & white, process colour
WOW® Weigh-on-the-Way®
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Standard
WOW® weight limit
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500g
DOW® Dimensions on the Way®
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Standard
System dimensions
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With drop stacker Length 1,867mm x Width 648mm Power stacker adds 483mm to length. Colour adds 165mm to length
Weight
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63.6kg
Print quality
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1200 dpi
Processing speed (letters per minute)
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310/205 or 270/170 or 220/135 LPM
Colour touch screen display/ user interface
? Description
15" XGA
Media size
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Minimum size: 89 x 127mm Maximum size: 254 x 356mm
Envelope flap depth
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25 to 98mm (for sealing)
Envelope max thickness
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Up to 19mm