Pitney Bowes head of marketing international David Jefferies, says the FPS sits between the APS and Comet series and uses the same high-end operating system.

“This machine is aimed at direct mail houses and transactional mailers that need flexibility,” says Jefferies. “It uses both rotary and friction feeders, so it can handle any kind of insert you throw at it.”

It can handle envelopes from DL through to C4, reel or cut-sheet input, and pack collations up to 100 sheets. The FPS uses a post-collation folder set-up and is capable of speeds of 9,000iph for flats to 14,000iph for letters.

It can be configured with between three and 24 interchangeable feeder stations (in multiples of three), in any combination of friction and rotary drives.

The FPS was launched in the US at Print 05 in Chicago in September.

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