Mailmark Franking Machines
If your business regularly sends a significant volume of mail, automating your mailroom processes with a franking machine can help you save both time and money. A Mailmark franking machine can save up to 78p on First class large letter of up to 500g when compared to Royal mail UK stamp prices as of the 7th October 2024 Royal mail postal rate change. At FP Mailing, we offer a comprehensive selection of franking machines designed to meet your specific mailing needs. These machines ensure accurate weighing and rating of mail, applying a Mailmark barcode and providing postal discounts compared to traditional stamps.
A franking machine automatically calculates all Royal Mail tariffs based on the size, weight, and delivery method of each item. You can easily top up your machine with pre-paid postage, allowing you to print directly onto envelopes or labels with precise and correct pricing. Compare savings here.
Low Volume Franking Machines
A franking machine efficiently applies postage, processing between 20 and 70 letter cycles per minute.
Our range of letter franking machines, including the PostBase® Mini, is perfect for small to medium-sized businesses, organisations, and service providers looking to reduce costs with accurate postage for parcels or to automate their letter franking processes. FP Mailing franking machines also feature media and text upload capabilities for personalised branding, helping you project professionalism with every piece of post.
High Volume Franking Machines
Our PostBase® Vision high-volume franking machine processes between 85 and 150 items per minute, making it an ideal solution for businesses and enterprises. It offers advanced features such as dynamic weighing and power stacking capabilities. All of our franking machines provide access to Royal Mail's Mailmark rates, with additional savings available through FP’s exclusive Mailmark Extra. Take control of your postage costs and streamline your mailing process today—explore our full range of franking machines.
Our Most Popular Franking Machine: PostBase® Mini
Our most popular entry-level Mailmark franking machine, the PostBase® Mini, allows you to personalise outgoing mail with your company logo or marketing messages, adding a professional touch to your correspondence. It even supports special delivery printing. Compact yet versatile, the PostBase® Mini is suitable for businesses of all sizes, from sole traders to large enterprises. Available in a variety of colours, it can be fully customised to meet your specific requirements.
Did you know? A Mailmark franking machine can save up to 78p on First class large letter of up to 500g when compared to Royal mail UK stamp prices as of the 7th October 2024 Royal mail postal rate change... Read more
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Ecommerce and professional business service can experience efficient mail management with FP Mailing Mailmark franking machines! Whether you're a business owner seeking cost-effective postage solutions or a curious FP mailing modern and innovative systems simplify everyday tasks in world of mail processing. Compare FP Franking machine with non-Mailmark alternatives in this comprehensive guide and functionalities of Mailmark franking machines and find out how you can save money on Royal Mail postage stamps including the information on the Royal mail stamp swap out scheme, rate changes and frequently asked questions.
UK Standard Royal Mail Price comparison between mailmark franking and standard stamps below
UK standard Mailmark franking prices as of 2024 October 7th - See full price list here
UK standard stamp prices as of 2024 October 7th - See full price list here
Is Mailmark Franking Worth It?
Mailmark franking is a modern postage solution offered by Royal Mail. It involves the use of 2D barcodes that carry essential information about the mail item, ensuring accurate processing and tracking. Mailmark postage machines also provides access to the lowest postage rates updated by Royal Mail, ensuring consistent significant savings for your business.
Value vs Cost: Mailmark Franking Machine Prices: While prices may vary based on specific features and capabilities, our entry level franking machines can frank anywhere between 24-70 letters per minutes, whereas our high-capacity postage meters can frank between 90-150 letters per minute.
The long-term savings and operational advantages make it a worthwhile choice for businesses of all sizes. Investing in a Mailmark franking machine is an investment in efficiency and professionalism.
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Frequently Asked Questions on Franking Machines
A franking machine allows you to print postage stamps onto your outgoing mail. It can enable you access to Royal Mail special rates such as franking rates, Mailmark & Business Mail Advanced, which are cheaper than stamps. Another feature is that you can print your logo and marketing message, which gives the posts a professional look.
Franked mail contains frank mark instead of a stamp. This means that by using a franking machine you can print a ‘frank mark’ directly onto the envelope or onto a label rather than sticking a stamp on your outgoing mail. Franked postage can be added to letters, packets and parcels with a franking machine. Franked mail not only saves time but also gives access to Royal Mail discounted rates such as franking rates, Mailmark & Business Mail Advanced (BMA).
Franked postage rates are cheaper than the stamp prices. You can save with a FP Franking Machine as follows-
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1. Make sure that your machine has the most up to date Royal Mail rates available
2. Place the letter, packet or parcel onto the scale on your franking machine.
3. Select the Royal Mail service that you require; first class, second class, recorded, signed for etc.
4. Ensure that you have selected the slogan/logo that you require. This can be anything from your company logo to a festive message.
5. Place the item into the feeder of the machine to print the frank mark onto it.
Larger machines in the range have an automatic feeder which will allow you to print multiple items without manually processing them. Machines in the Elite range can have a dynamic scale, which means the machine will automatically weigh each letter, determine the price and print the frank mark onto it.
Once you have franked your mail, you can take it to your local Post Office, post it in a Pox Box (in a meter posting envelope) or if you send high volumes of mail, you can request Royal Mail to pick up your mail daily.
A franking machine comes with a Royal Mail licence. When you want to pay for postage on your outgoing mail, you can use your franking machine to print a postage payment (frank mark) along with company logo & message onto your letter, packet or parcel instead of using stamps. Your franking machine will weigh the item and print the correct postage amount based on the Royal Mail rates, depending on the Royal Mail service (i.e. 1st class, 2nd class, signed for etc.) that you require. Franked postage rates are cheaper than stamps.
You can put your franked mail into a standard Royal Mail post box if it is collated inside a ‘postage meter envelope’ or inside a normal envelope with your machine details on. There are also multiple franked mailboxes around the country to drop your franked mail into freely. If you are unsure, you can take your franked mail into your local Post Office.
A franking machine that is compatible with the Royal Mail Mailmark rates is a Mailmark franking machine. A Mailmark frank mark includes a barcode that Royal Mail systems can read, allowing them to process your mail in a more cost-efficient way. These cost savings are passed onto you, which means you save even more money on your outgoing post than you would if you franked your mail in the standard way.
Mailmark™ gives you even more discounts on each letter that you send.
Royal Mail have announced that after the 1st January 2023, all machines must use Mailmark technology. FP Mailing believe in using the latest technology and therefore all FP PostBase Franking Machines are already Mailmark machines. Although there may be older machines in the market it is important to consider the importance of Mailmark when considering a new franking machine. Royal Mail have invested over £60 million into Mailmark, and future plans include the incorporation of Mailmark technology into future products and services. Do not get left behind!
Franking machine rental
Our entry level postal franking system, Postbase Mini can be rented with low monthly franking machine rental cost and a shorter contract term. This means you can be flexible if you are just starting out or are unsure if mail franking will benefit you.
Franking machine lease
You can also lease a Royal Mail franking machine over a term or even buy a franking machine. Choose the postage machine that meets your mailing needs from our FP PostBase range. This is a simple process and our team will guide you through everything that you need to do.
We know that in the world of outgoing mail it can get confusing as to which solution or franking system is best, so FP are here to help.
One of our friendly team can help you with the best franking machines to buy, rent or lease.
It may be that you are a start up company and you’re wondering if a frank machine could save you money, in which case, our low volume franking machine for small business, PostBase Mini may be perfect for you.
You may be a larger corporate and very familiar with the term franking mail already but want to know if there are more savings to be had; well, our high volume frank machine, Postbase range can suit your business needs and we can talk to you about the most cost effective ways of mail franking.
Royal Mail franking machines are at the heart of our business but we also supply much more. We are proud, authorised business partners with Toshiba and supply a range of MFD’s. We also supply folder inserters, letter openers, digital signature software, document processing software and much more.
You do not need to change the way you use your franking machine to access Mailmark features as the Mailmark barcode indicia will print as standard.
To use a franking machine :
1. Place the letter, packet or parcel onto the scale on your franking machine.
2. Select the Royal Mail service that you require; first class, second class, recorded, signed for etc.
3. Ensure that you have chosen the advert/slogan/logo that you require. This can be anything from your company logo to a marketing message.
4. Place the item into the feeder of the machine to print the Mailmark indicia onto it.
Larger machines in the range have an automatic feeder which will allow you to print multiple items without manually processing them. Machines in the Elite range can have a dynamic scale, which means the machine will automatically weigh each letter, determine the price and print the Mailmark indicia frank mark onto it.
Once you have franked your mail, you can take it to your local Post Office, post it in a Pox Box (in a meter posting envelope) or if you send high volumes of mail, you are able to request a daily collection from Royal Mail.
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