Stock must be set up prior to adding meters, including macro descriptions on the Contracts tab.
Example Macros
{{Project.Meter.Counter Name" "}}{{"Last Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Previous Job.Meter Read" "}}{{"Last Estimated Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Previous Job.Estimated Meter Read" "}}{{Project.Meter.Job.Previous Job.Date Due" "}}{{"Current Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Meter Read" "}}{{"Estimated Read – "Project.Meter.Job.Estimated Meter Read" "}}{{"Prints – "Project.Meter.Job.Qty" "}}{{"Estimated Prints – "Project.Meter.Job.Estimated Qty" "}}
This contract bills the customer a service component, and a finance component. The income split needs to be tracked internally, but the customer is to be billed a single combined amount. This assumes Kitting is enabled (Tools > Options > Contract > Managed Print Services > Linked Meter Kit Stockcode).
Standard Meters
Under/Over Meters
Both meters have independent opening balances. In this case, ensure they are the same. Jim2 will allow entry in the primary black meter, then automatically populate the value of the finance meter to be the same as the current meter count of the black meter.
Also note that the minimum volume is specified for each meter. Jim2 allows these to operate independently. If a meter read of 53,500 for black is received, the following job is produced:
Here, the customer sees that it has been billed the minimum of 5,000 pages at $0.01 per page. Internally, for accounting purposes there is a split between standard billing and unders, as well as a split between service and finance charges.
If the following month a read of 61,000 is received, this job is produced:
This overs job again contains the split between service and finance, as well as standard and overs billing. The customer is again presented with an invoice that contains the total number of pages, and the combined rate.
Further Information
Billing Exact Amount Using a Balancing Meter
Billing Using Expiring Prepaid Blocks
Set up Master with Average Billing