Meter Types Differences

The following meter types are examples of what you would set up for use within Items.

Meter types are based on what is set up in Items. In this area, you actually only need to set up black and colour meters.

Meter Types

Explanation

Balancing

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. This type must be set to black or colour for the system meter type and is only used for specific MPS connectors.

Base Charge

Applies a fixed dollar amount charge.

Base Rate Meter

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.

Daily rate-based

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:

Meter Type	Per	Rate
Black	Black copy click	$0.0150
Colour	Colour copy click	$0.0600
Daily	Day	$10.0000

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.

Meter Kit

Dynamic Kitting stock type, which can have multiple meter stock in the kit.

Min Charge

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.

PO Balancing

Use to raise a purchase order for balancing stock associated with the contract.

PO Base

Used to raise a purchase order for base charges associated with the contract.

PO Base Rate

Used to raise a purchase order for base rate meters associated with the contract.

PO Daily

Used to raise a purchase order for daily rate meters associated with the contract.

PO Min

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.

Prepaid

Prepaid can be used to prepay multiple meters. It is not limited to just one linked meter, and works off quantities.

PO Prepaid Pages

Used to raise a purchase order for prepaid pages associated with the contract, and works off dollar amount..

PO Rate

Used to raise a purchase order for costs associated with the contract. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

PO Rebate

Used to raise a purchase order for rebates associated with the contract.

Prepaid Pages

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.

Rebate

Allows to set a negative amount against either a black or colour meter to offset the billed reads.

Rate

Tracks pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

Meter Types

Explanation

Black

Tracks black pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

Colour

Tracks colour pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

Total (Linked)

Tracks colour pages by calculating the total number of pages, and subtracting the number of black pages. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

Scan

Tracks scans. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

Prepaid Pages

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.

Base Charge

Applies a fixed dollar amount charge.

Min Charge

Total Black (Calculated)

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.

Total Colour (Calculated)

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.

Total (Calculated)

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.

Third Party PO

Used to raise purchase order for costs associated with the contract. Supports standard, unders and overs billing.

Third Party PO Base

Used to raise purchase order for base charges associated with the contract.

Third Party PO Min

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.

Balancing

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.

Daily rate-based

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:

Meter Type	Per	Rate
Black	Black copy click	$0.0150
Colour	Colour copy click	$0.0600
Daily	Day	$10.0000

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.

Base Rate meter

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.