Pitney Bowes AddressRight DA400 Ink Cartridges

Pitney Bowes DA400 Printer Review

The Pitney Bowes AddressRight DA400 is designed for a specific function: printing address information, delivery barcodes and message lines for small or home offices frequently mailing documents. This productivity-enhancing inkjet machine is designed to handle high-volume mailing needs, supporting a maximum output of 22,000 pieces per hour. With an intelligent and flexible media handling system, fast-drying AddressRight DA400 printer ink and easy-to-use controls, this machine can deliver professional-looking pieces of mail that won't smudge.

The DA400's flexibility makes it one of the top picks of comparable models, providing 12 internal fonts to support a user's specific address needs, as well as a Windows-compatible driver that supports true type fonts and graphics. The device also has a versatile paper handling system that enables it to support media with a width ranging from 3 inches to 13 inches and a length between 5 and 15.5 inches. Extending from the top of the machine is an envelope feeder that can hold up 450 envelopes or 100 postcards, and directly below is a knob to adjust media thickness. Combining this input with its ability to handle up to 240,000 addresses per month, this unit is a good fit for high-volume mailing needs.

The printer's control panel is easy to access, but includes only a handful of tools like a single-line monochrome LCD for job progress alerts, a button to turn it on and off and keys for scaling. Computer-based control tools will be more helpful and allow users to manage mailing lists, track postal costs and select media layout and design.

The device can print documents with a few different resolutions, but selecting Best mode will yield the highest quality results with sharp detail and a maximum resolution of 600 dpi using Pitney Bows DA400 printer ink. Selecting Fast mode, however, will decrease the amount of time it takes to print addresses while also lowering the output quality to a resolution of 300 dpi using AddressRight DA400 ink.

Two different Pitney Bows DA400 ink cartridges can be used with this machine, including a fast drying black supply and a versatile black option that is able to print higher resolutions. Both supplies can be replaced with remanufactured Pitney Bowes DA400 ink cartridges, which are more cost-efficient than the OEM supplies.

Whether users need to add postage, addresses or both to large volumes of envelopes or postcards, the DA400 is able to meet such needs in small offices. This inkjet mailing unit should be easy to use, will enable users to easily adjust settings to support different media thickness, and works best when paired with computers that run Windows operating systems.