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Products & Solutions

One Machine. Letters And Packages, Together.

Mail and shipping are not two separate purchases. The same machine that runs your everyday letters also handles your packages, and the software behind it decides the smartest way to send each one.

One Machine, Two Applications

Every Mailing Machine Does Both. Here Is How Each Side Works.

Think of your machine as covering two connected jobs, not two separate ones. What changes is which rate and which carrier makes sense for what you are sending.

Letter & Mail Volume

Everyday Mail, First-Class And Metered

Invoices, statements, letters, and anything at or under 13 oz. Your meter applies the correct metered rate automatically, cheaper than a retail stamp every time, and qualifies larger mailings for presort discounts.

  • Automatic postal rate updates
  • Presort and bulk mail discounts on qualifying volume
  • No hand-stamping, no guessing at rates
Package Applications

Packages, Rate-Shopped Across Carriers

Anything over 13 oz stops being a letter and becomes a shipping decision. This is where S.M.A.R.T. software compares USPS, FedEx, and UPS instead of defaulting to whatever the machine assumes is right.

  • USPS Commercial Base Pricing on Ground Advantage and Priority Mail
  • Side-by-side comparison against your FedEx and UPS contract rates
  • You choose cheapest, fastest, or a specific service level

Right-Sized For Your Volume

Three Ways To Think About Your Mailing Machine.

Every operation is different, and every tier below handles both letters and packages. Here is the general range of what fits, so you have a starting point before we talk specifics.

Quadient iX-1 small office postage meter iX-1
Quadient iX-3 postage meter iX-3
Small Office

Light, Everyday Mail

Hand-fed, with a built-in scale for accurate postage every time. No automation needed, just simple, reliable postage for everyday office mail.

  • Integrated scale, no separate hardware
  • Automatic postal rate updates
  • USPS IMI-compliant, ready to go from day one
Quadient iX-5 HF hand-feed mailing system iX-5 HF, Hand-Feed
Quadient iX-5 AF auto-feed mailing system iX-5 AF, Auto-Feed
Growing Operations

Mid-Volume, Auto-Feed Available

Available hand-feed or auto-feed. The auto-feed version weighs each stack differentially rather than piece by piece in motion, fast, but not the same as a true in-line dynamic scale.

  • Auto-feed option processes roughly 75 to 110 letters a minute
  • Differential weighing, not full dynamic scale
  • USPS IMI-compliant, ready to go from day one
Quadient iX-7 mailing system iX-7 / iX-7 Pro
Quadient iX-9 production mailing system iX-9
Production Mailrooms

High-Volume, Dynamic Scale Available

Auto-feed systems built for continuous high-speed runs. Across the iX-7, iX-7 Pro, and iX-9, a genuine in-line dynamic scale, mail weighed continuously as it moves, is available as an option, giving you the flexibility to configure the machine around what your volume actually needs.

  • Dynamic, in-line weighing available as an option, not tied to one specific model
  • Configurable to match your actual volume and workflow
  • USPS IMI-compliant, ready to go from day one

Software That Grows With You

Every Machine Starts With S.M.A.R.T. Online. Here Is Where It Can Go From There.

You are never locked into one tier. As your shipping volume grows, the software grows with it, without replacing your mailing machine. All three are cloud-based, so there is no server to manage and very little for your IT team to get involved with.

S.M.A.R.T. Online interface Included Standard

S.M.A.R.T. Online

Comes with every machine. Simple desktop USPS shipping for teams that just need to get labels out correctly.

  • Print USPS IMpb-compliant 4x6 labels from your desktop
  • Automatic address correction before a label is created
  • Access to USPS Commercial rates on Ground Advantage and Flat Rate
S.M.A.R.T. Essential dashboard Up To 50 Packages A Week

S.M.A.R.T. Essential

The upgrade for businesses actually shipping every week, not just mailing letters. This is where multicarrier rate shopping starts.

  • Compare rates across USPS, UPS, FedEx, and DHL from one dashboard
  • Batch process up to 100 shipments at once
  • Manage up to 3,000 accounts, import up to 10,000 addresses
S.M.A.R.T. Mail Center dashboard 50+ Packages A Week

S.M.A.R.T. Mailroom

Built for demanding mail centers with multiple users, departments, or locations that need one connected platform instead of separate logins per office.

  • Multi-user, multi-department, multi-location access
  • The most detailed reporting suite in the S.M.A.R.T. line
  • Built to scale with a full production mailroom

Shipping, Tied To Your Mailing

One Piece Of Software That Rate-Shops Every Carrier For You.

S.M.A.R.T. Essential and S.M.A.R.T. Mailroom pull in your own negotiated rates from USPS, FedEx, and UPS, and compare all three before you send anything, including the moment a letter turns into a package. You are not comparing public list prices. You are comparing what you actually pay each carrier, side by side, every time.

Step 1

We Connect Your Negotiated Contract Rates For You

The software connects directly to USPS, FedEx, and UPS through their own systems and pulls in your actual negotiated rates automatically. Nothing to enter, nothing to maintain.

Step 2

Compare Every Shipment

Each package gets checked against all three carriers at once, cost, delivery speed, and service level, before a label ever gets printed.

Step 3

Pick What Matters Most

Cheapest for a routine shipment. Fastest when a deadline matters. You set the priority, and the software shows you which carrier actually fits it.

Real Example, Current USPS Rates

A 1 oz. First-Class Letter, Effective July 12, 2026

$0.82 Retail Counter (Forever Stamp)
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$0.78 Metered Rate Through Your Meter

4 cents a letter does not sound like much until your team is sending hundreds a week. USPS raised rates again on July 12, 2026, a 4.8 percent average increase, so the gap between retail and metered pricing matters more now, not less. Commercial Base Pricing works the same way on packages, often saving $1.45 to $3.35 per piece over retail window pricing. Confirm your exact volume savings with us.

The Mistake Most Mailrooms Never Catch

Anything Over 13 oz. Stops Being A Letter

Once a piece crosses 13 oz., it cannot go First-Class anymore. Most mailing machines default straight to Priority Mail retail pricing at that point, because that is what the machine assumes you want. It is usually not what you actually want.

$11.00 Priority Mail Retail (Machine Default)
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$7.61 Ground Advantage, Commercial Base

Example: a 1 lb. package, Zone 1, both services, same package. That is a $3.39 difference, over 30 percent, on a package your machine may be pricing wrong by default every single time. This is exactly what S.M.A.R.T. software checks before a label prints, so this gap does not quietly repeat on every package you ship.

Not Sure What Fits Your Volume?

Tell us roughly how much mail and how many packages you send in a week. We will tell you honestly which machine and which software tier fit, not which ones are easiest to sell.

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