The following meter types are examples of what you would set up for use within Items.
For v4.4 and v4.5 meter types, add basic meter types based on the following:
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Balancing
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This meter is used to balance to a specified fixed dollar amount. Balancing stock removes any differences between a calculated amount and a specified dollar amount.
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Base Charge
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Applies a fixed dollar amount charge.
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Base Rate Meter
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Base Rate meter allows a fixed quantity of charges per billing run. This is effectively the same as the daily rate-based meter, but allows a quantity to be billed per billing run. The quantity billed can also be entered if billed manually.
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Daily rate-based
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Allows billing a daily rate. Ideally suited for short term rentals, etc. The billing of the daily rate-based meter takes into account the contract start/end date, if set, and can be used alone or with any other meter combination.
For example:
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Black
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Black copy click
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$0.0150
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Colour
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Colour copy click
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$0.0600
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Daily
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Day
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$10.0000
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To use a Daily rate-based meter, a Non Depleting or Journal stock must be set up. Under the Contracts tab, the Meter Type needs to be set to Daily.
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Meter Kit
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Dynamic Kitting stock type, which can have multiple meter stock in the kit.
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Min Charge
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Ensures the specified customer is charged a minimum amount. This minimum amount excludes any base charges. Amounts billed to other cardfiles are ignored when calculating if the minimum charge applies.
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PO Balancing
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Use to raise a purchase order for balancing stock associated with the contract.
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PO Base
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Used to raise a purchase order for base charges associated with the contract.
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PO Base Rate
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Used to raise a purchase order for base rate meters associated with the contract.
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PO Daily
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Used to raise a purchase order for daily rate meters associated with the contract.
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PO Min
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Used to raise a purchase order for minimum charges associated with the contract. This minimum amount excludes any purchase order base charges. Purchase order lines created for other vendors are ignored when calculating if the minimum purchase order charge applies.
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PO Prepaid Pages
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Used to raise a purchase order for prepaid pages associated with the contract.
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PO Rate
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Used to raise a purchase order for costs associated with the contract. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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PO Rebate
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Used to raise a purchase order for rebates associated with the contract.
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Prepaid Pages
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Allows pages or scans that are used to be paid for by prepaid pages. Also allows for prepaid pages to be bough in fixed bundles. prepaid meters are different to other meters in that other meters try to catch up to the unlinked meter.
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Rebate
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Allows to set a negative amount against either a black or colour meter to offset the billed reads.
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Rate
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Tracks pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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Meter Types are driven by the Item, ie. Item must be selected as either Black or Colour.
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For v4.3 meter types, add basic meter types based on the following:
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Black
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Tracks black pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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Colour
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Tracks colour pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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Total (Linked)
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Tracks colour pages by calculating the total number of pages, and subtracting the number of black pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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Scan
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Tracks scans. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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Prepaid Pages
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Allows pages or scans that are used to be paid for by prepaid pages. Also allows for prepaid pages to be bought in fixed bundles. Prepaid meters are different to other meters in that other meters try to catch up to the unlinked meter.
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Base Charge
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Applies a fixed dollar amount charge.
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Min Charge
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Ensures the specified customer is charged a minimum amount. This minimum amount excludes any base charges. Amounts billed to other cardfiles are ignored when calculating if the minimum charge applies.
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Total Black (Calculated)
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Virtual meter that is calculated using the total of all black meters. Supports standard, unders and overs billing. Uses A4 ratio to provide a weighting to each meter that makes up the total.
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Total Colour (Calculated)
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Virtual meter that is calculated using the total of all colour meters. Supports standard, unders and overs billing. Uses A4 ratio to provide a weighting to each meter that makes up the total.
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Total (Calculated)
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Virtual meter that is calculated using the totals of all meters. Supports standard, unders and overs billing. Uses A4 ratio to provide a weighting to each meter that makes up the total.
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Third Party PO
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Used to raise purchase order for costs associated with the contract. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.
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Third Party PO Base
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Used to raise purchase order for base charges associated with the contract.
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Third Party PO Min
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Used to raise purchase order for minimum charges associated with the contract. This minimum amount excludes any purchase order base charges. purchase order lines created for other vendors are ignored when calculating if the minimum purchase order charge applies.
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Balancing
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This meter is used to balance to a specified fixed dollar amount. Balancing stock removes any differences between a calculated amount and a specified dollar amount.
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Daily rate-based
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Allows billing a daily rate. Ideally suited for short term rentals, etc. The billing of the Daily rate-based meter takes into account the contract start/end date, if set, and can be used alone or with any other meter combination.
For example:
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Black
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Black copy click
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$0.0150
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Colour
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Colour copy click
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$0.0600
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Daily
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Day
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$10.0000
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To use a Daily rate-based meter, a Non Depleting or Journal stock must be set up. Under the Contracts tab, the Meter Type needs to be set to Daily.
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Base Rate meter
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Base Rate meter allows a fixed quantity of charges per billing run. This is effectively the same as the Daily rate-based meter, but allows a quantity to be billed per billing run. The quantity billed can be also be entered if billed manually.
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These meter types can be built upon as new scenarios arise.
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Meter Types are driven by the Item, ie. Item must be selected as either Black or Colour.
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Further information
Enable Contracts
General Ledger
Stock GL Groups
Job Types
Meter Types Setup
Meter Billing Stock
Managed Print Services
MPS Finance
Asset
EKM Option
EKM Setups
Groups
Add Meter Stock
Contract Setups
Price Levels and Price Templates
Macros
Email Templates and Editor Rules
MPS Connectors Configuration
Status
Toner Stock
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