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IS-280

The Simple, Powerful Mailing Solution

Perfect for your small business or home office, the IS-280 gets you the postage discounts you need in one easy-to-use package.

Save 3 cents on every First-Class letter
Process mail faster than ever - 18 letters per minute!
Ship overnights, flats, packages and Priority Mail®

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How a Postage Meter Can Benefit Your Business

Save 5% on Postage

Skip the post office. Ditch the stamps. Save 3 cents on First-Class letters.

Get Mail Done Fast!

Process up 18 letters per minute and get your mail out the door!

Quadient vs. Others

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Join the Thousands of Businesses That Love Quadient Folder Inserters

Able to have staff working up to their hourly wage in value. Staff are very appreciative that this time is recaptured - so they can focus on bringing in revenue vs. stuffing envelopes and applying postage."

Anna Shields

CFO, Jim's Pharmacy & Home Health

We are now able to comply with regulation standards, provide higher efficiency, and reduce manual labor significantly."

April Bishop

Operations Manager, 1st Financial FU of Maryland

The Quadient folder inserter is a great benefit now because we had a reduction in the workforce, and this machine allows the employees we still have to focus on tasks, as opposed to taking up a conference room to have legacy folding parties."

Craig Battle

Director, Facilities Management, United Way of Greater Houston

We spend less hours manually stuffing envelopes which allows us to perform value added work instead."

Gabby Estrada

Alastin Skincare, Inc.

We are still ramping up our usage of Quadient. However, our first effort was using Quadient Automation, and it has been a huge win for everyone. We streamlined a manual process of collating printed pages of documents what used to take 6-8 ma n hours per day to collate is now done in minutes."

IT Specialist

Large Enterprise Insurance Company

I am now able to send out statements to all of our tenants in 5 to 10mins tops."

Joe Aguilos

Student Housing Coordinator, Rose Hill Asset Management Corporation

The Quadient System can be operated by one person to do the job of three to four people."

Jonathan Hernandez

Asbury Environmental Services

Our month end statement process used to take 5 people about 3 days to complete (sorting, folding, stuffing) now it takes 1 person about 4 hours maximum."

Julie B

Accounts Receivable Manager, ADAM'S Pest Control, Inc.

It gives us fewer things to worry about because it automatically handles the postage rates without us having to even learn about them. We just put the mail through and have no worries about it being correct."

Mari Ryan

Colorado Academy

We love the ability to process correctly high volumes of mailings and sending out parcels with the correct pricing."

Rob Pollard

Western Reserve Academy

As a Medical billing office, the Quadient mailing system is great for statements and bills to various insurance companies."

Tony Haula

Business Manager, Radiologic Consultants, LLC

We use the Quadient folder inserter for our school mailings; the equipment helps make large mailings significantly faster and easier."

Victoria Williams

Harborfields Central School District

We use the Quadient folder inserter for our school mailings; the equipment helps make large mailings significantly faster and easier."

Victoria Williams

Harborfields Central School District

We send about 1,000 letters a day. Without our folder inserter, our employees would have to fold and stuff them manually. With an inserter, it only takes one person, and it's much quicker."

Lisa Nabity

Auto Recovery Specialists INC

With Quadient I can create a 100,000-piece tax job in minutes rather than hours with the confidence that I'm outputting what we expect."

Chris Christiansen

Databar

The Quadient folder inserter has made the mailing process more automated."

Adolfo Castano

Project Manager | City of Beverly Hills

With the Quadient folder inserter, it makes the mailing jobs much easier to finish on time and increases the amount of mailings we do."

Charleigh Nelson

International Business Ventures

The Quadient folder inserter helps sales employees get their mailings together in a neat and timely manner."

Dave Ebert

Logistics Manager, Pittsburgh Pirates

The Quadient folder inserter eliminates manual labor usually required to fold checks."

Floyd Smith

Sr. Manager Accounts Payable | California Pizza Kitchen

Our Quadient inserter folds and seals refund and A/P checks faster than hand folding and it sends checks out in a timely manner for our customers. We have high volumes of checks that have to go out and the machine makes it easier for us to complete our goal."

Gloria Benavidez

Xcel Energy

With our Quadient folder inserter, we have increased productivity and decreased labor costs."

Heath Card

Operations Manager, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

With our Quadient folder inserter, we have a reduction in manual mail-assembly processes as well as an increase in employee and user satisfaction."

Janet Lee Preston

United Parcel Service

I mail out over a thousand envelopes a month. So, having the Quadient inserter fold and seal envelopes with speed and accuracy is time-saving for me."

Jessica Landry

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services

Ecotrend Ecologics Ltd. has received exceptional customer service from Quadient. I was extremely stressed out from shenanigans with another mailing machine supplier and Quadient came to the rescue. They went above and beyond. I recommend them to anyone!"

Karen

Ecotrend Ecologics Ltd.

The Quadient service techs arrive within 24 hours and help to adjust the folding machine so it will work. The techs also teach us and give us tricks to help service the machine ourselves."

Kay Robst

Home Buyers Warranty Corporation

What used to take us a week now only takes us one day. We have fully automated the mail prep process with Folder Inserters."

Peter Wilshaw

IT Manager, Claim Eazy

Now that we have a folder inserter, we can see that it's a vital piece of equipment. It makes everyone's job easier, including mine! "

John Pickard

United Consumer Finance

We are a medical billing company and the Quadient system is great for preparing statements and bills to insurance companies!"

Tony Hanula

Radiologic Consultants, Ltd.

In the past, it would take five volunteers two full days to prepare direct mail to go to 4,500 donors. "

Irene Timmons

Make-A-Wish Foundation

The Quadient folder inserter is a workhorse!"

Becky Applegate

Robinson Helicopters

It used to take me about six hours to fold and insert my monthly statement run. And now it takes an hour and 15 minutes from beginning to end."

Peter Gibson

Andover Newton Theological School

This folder inserter has made a significant contribution to our company's performance and a real difference to the bottom line of our mailing process.
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Steve Beeching

Director, FCS LaserMail

The Quadient folding machine is a vital piece of equipment. It makes everybody's job easier, including mine."

John Pickard

United Consumer Finance

All the Essential Features Your Business Needs at a Glance:

Weighing Platform

Never guess again on postage. The standard 2 lb. weighing platform ensures you get the correct weight of each mail piece, every time.

Rate Wizard

Simplify the time-consuming process of selecting the correct postal rate and class for each item with the rate wizard.

Shortcut Keys

Easily access the most commonly used postal rates, as well as customize and save the settings of your most frequent jobs.

Features

Specifications

Processing speed

Up to 18 letters per minute

Job Imprint Memories

Imprint Customization

8 standard, 2 open advertising slogans
10 custom personalized text messages
Automatically printed mail class

Account Reporting and Control

1 department standard
5,10 department upgrade (optional)

iMeter™ Apps

Seamless USPS® rate downloads
Postage usage tracking and reporting by department, postal class, time period
Low-ink email alerts
Remote diagnostics
Remote access to postal and department usage
Commercial Rate discounts for Express Mail® and Priority Mail®
Track, confirm and save when utilizing discounted rates for USPS® Extra Services

Size

12.5" x 8.8" x 7.6"

Envelope Dimensions

Minimum: 3.5" x 5"
Maximum: 12" x 15"
Thickness: 5/16"
Orientation: Portrait or landscape

Materials Handling

Postcards, letters, small packages

Envelope Feeding

Manual

Integrated Scale

2lb. standard
5lb. optional

Connectivity

High-speed internet (LAN)
iMeter™ PC link

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