AMan Pro allows printing of internet postage directly without having to start up DAZzle. (If you do not have a DAZzle account, you may get a free trial at Endicia.com. - Please note you should subscribe for the Premier service to use with AMan Pro) If items have been weighed at listing time, AMan Pro will have already entered the weight of the order for you and selected your default postage class for that weight. AMan Pro will retrieve cost of the postage, tracking numbers if applicable and the customs form id after printing the postage. AMan Pro

The steps to configure the use of DAZzle with AMan Pro follow. Please note that most of the defaults for DAZzle are appropriate and should be used.

Configuring Default Postage Classes
 

• Click on

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• The following screen will appear:
  
  
   

• Here you enter the default postage classes for various ranges of weight. Each shipping method (Standard, Expedited, International and zShops) that may be requested by your customer can be individually configured.
  Please Note: All weights within AMan are specified in ounces and not pounds.

• There are 3 ranges allowed. Using the standard example above, the 3 ranges and their default postage classes are:
  
   

  0-5 ounces	First Class
  6-16 ounces	Priority Mail Flat Rate with Delivery Confirmation and Stealth
  17 ounces or more (99999 indicates any weight)	Priority Mail Flat Rate Box with Delivery Confirmation

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Configuring DAZzle Options
 

• Click on

• Click on

• Click on DAZzle Options
  The following screen will appear:
  
  
   

• Check the Use DAZzle for Postage checkbox. This is mandatory as otherwise AMan Pro will not use DAZzle.

• You may select a DAZzle layout or if left blank, AMan Pro will use your default
• The following options how DAZzle is executed by AMan Pro. All of these are defaults and may be changed at the time of printing. It is recommended that the defaults with AMan Pro be left as is.
  
  Prompt - This will cause DAZzle to prompt you for further details when printing postage - this is not recommended as it slows the process down.
  Test Mode - This causes AMan Pro to print a test indicia and is useful to verify that DAZzle is working correctly.
  Close DAZzle - This will cause AMan Pro to automatically close DAZzle once all postage has been printed. If not set, you will have to manually shutdown DAZzle before AMan Pro will continue.
  Abort on Error - This will cause DAZzle to cease printing postage if an error occurs. Otherwise, DAZzle will just skip the item in error.
  Skip Unverified - DAZzle requires that all addresses be verified before being printed. If this is checked, DAZzle will simply skip unverified addresses.
  Auto Print Customs - If checked , will cause AMan Pro to automatically print customs forms for International and APO/FPO postage.
• The DAZzle Date Advancement options allow you tell AMan Pro how to deal with postmark dates, DAZzle and the USPS requires that any packages must be mailed the same day as the postmark states. Since postage is often printed a day or more before mailing, AMan Pro allows you specify how to treat postage printed after a certain time and on certain days:
  
    Use tomorrow if later than - This specifies a time after which AMan Pro will increment the date by one.
    Use Monday If - This tells AMan Pro to advance the date to Monday if postage is printed on Saturday and/or Sunday.
• You may specify the state that the order is considered to be in after DAZzle postage has been printed (see AMan Pro Order States). The options available are:
  
    Packed - The order will be considered to be Packed and can be displayed using
    Shipped - The order is considered to be complete at this point.
• DAZzle Rubber Stamps allow you to print information on the postage being printed. When configuring a layout in DAZzle they are set up and placed on the layout. AMan Pro allows you to specify what information is placed in those areas. AMan Tags may be used. By default, AMan Pro inserts the order SKUs in Rubber Stamp 1 and the order number in Rubber Stamp 2. And the defaults are specified using AMan Tags .
• The DAZzle Return Address specifies what you wish to be printed as you return address. AMan Tags may be specified so that if you change the address for packing slips etc, it will be automatically changed for postage. The default is specified using AMan Tags and is the value you specified at initial configuration time.
• The remaining set of options specify defaults for various postage class options:
  
  Add DC if Priority - Since delivery confirmation is free when sending mail via Priority, setting this option will automatically request it.
  Add Stealth if DC - Checking this option will request stealth postage (postage is not displayed on the label).
  Add Order Number to Title - Checking this will cause AMan Pro to send the order number to DAZzle as the title of the recipient of the item. This will allow you to search the postage log using order number. However, the order number will be printed on the address label between the name and address and is not recommended.
  Verify Print Label Orders - Before printing postage, AMan Pro validates the orders for such things as weights. Setting this option will cause  AMan Pro to also validate orders for which a non-postage label is to be printed.

• AMan Pro allows you to specify what is used for the item description on customs forms. By default, AMan Pro using the item title. This may not be appropriate if you are sensitive items by mail. In that case you can configure AMan Pro to use the type of item (such as Book, DVD, CD etc.). The second option will only be available if you list/price through AMan Pro or get the extra listing information. If not available, AMan Pro will print 6 dots that may be overwritten by hand.
  
  The options are available through the Advanced Options in Postage Settings.  The options are:
  
  Use Media Type - Print Book, CD, DVD etc
  Use Item Description - Use the actual description of the item (default)