For the past 21 years, I have been creating comparison charts for our clients that go over the changes in rates to show how it will affect budgets. The reason that I do this is that when the U... View More

The coronavirus has made a mess of the employment landscape, but companies in the print and mail industry can’t afford to sit around and wait for things to get back to normal. No one knows h... View More

Now that the USPS has made Seamless Acceptance mandatory, mailers are more closely monitoring their Mailer Scorecard data to pinpoint areas where errors are occurring. But how do mailers acces... View More

For the past couple of years, we've created a list of the most popular articles on our website from that calendar year. Below are the five articles our readers found most informative in 2020 (b... View More

Over the past decade, we have seen how high-speed production color inkjet systems have revolutionized the document printing market. What is less visible is the important role that paper has pl... View More

If we have learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is that people work everywhere. This will impact the future of mail because while documents still need to be generated, it is not eff... View More

As Founder and CEO of the world’s oldest global home delivery service, I have always taken a keen interest in the packaging of Christmas gifts. After all, the magic of a Christmas gift is al... View More

Data enhancement means adding value to data you'll be using to produce and mail documents processed through your print and mail center. In most shops, data enhancement ends with correcting po... View More

Your team has scrambled in 2020 to keep its head above water and get orders out on time. Now is the time to set up your team to charge ahead with confidence in 2021. There are three key method... View More

As we move closer to the mandatory Seamless Acceptance compliance dates in 2021, mailers who have not previously participated in Seamless Acceptance are working on improving their Mailer Score... View More

USPS announced a general rate increase for shipping services to go into effect January 24, 2021. This year’s changes are announced while seasonal peak volumes are already breaking records... View More

Harvey Firestone once said, “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” If you agree with me that people are truly the most valuable resource of any organi

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service today reported its financial results for fiscal year 2020 (Oct. 1, 2019 – Sept. 30, 2020), as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an unpred... View More

University print shops occupy a unique position within the education ecosystem in that they provide a myriad of essential services without notoriety or understanding from the public they serve. Studen

At a time of great uncertainty in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across the country and world have had to re-imagine their operations. The mail and print industry is no e... View More

Lowering the cost to produce and mail transactional customer communications has always been a focus for in-plant and outsource print/mail service providers. Finding ways to reduce postage and... View More

In storytelling and when writing a screenplay, there is almost always a beginning, a middle, and an end. Another way to put this is that there is usually an Act One, Act Two, and Act Three. -... View More

I’m a big believer in content marketing — the practice of attracting leads and nurturing them from introduction through purchase by creating and distributing informational content composed

Inkjet technologies have made major strides in recent years, including higher speeds, broader color gamut, improved resolution, and more diverse media options. For mailers, recognizing the ben... View More

Customers view print and mail service providers as interchangeable. When they do that, the only distinguishing factor from the customer point of view is price, which means outsource service pr... View More