Already mail merged letters & mailing (Letter Printing & Mailing)
Choose this product if you plan to do the mail merge for your letters and envelopes and you need Bulk Mail Printing Services. iti Direct Mail is not your typical Bulk Mailing Company; we offer a variety of services not offered by other Bulk Mailing Companies out there. Make your letters stand out by selecting from a range of paper and envelope stocks, plus add additional marketing material for an even more powerful impact. With the ability to print on letters, legal-size sheets, and one to three different size envelopes at once, you will be able to get your printing jobs done quickly. We'll manage the entire production process as well as your Bulk Mail Printing Services and even mail them out on your behalf! After mail merging your own letters and envelopes, you will upload a single PDF for letters and one PDF for envelopes. No need to upload a mailing list. We will print all your material, inset your letters into envelopes along with any optional marketing material, seal them, apply stamps, and take them to the Post Office. Only regular first-class postage is available for this product; no presorts. To qualify for presort postage, choose our standard letter printing product, where you will upload your mailing list, which we can presort and mail at discounted postage rates. This product does not include the postage cost. Configure your order and add it into the cart, and the system will ask you to add the postage at a later stage during checkout.
You can only upload already mailed merged documents if your order will be mailed using ONLY 1st class regular postage. All jobs mailed using presort postage classes (1st class presort, standard class presort and nonprofit presort) require special processing and sorting, which requires us to mail merge your job; therefore, you cannot upload already mail merged documents since they will not be in the sortation required by USPS. Additionally, all presort jobs must be barcoded. If you have mail merged your mail pieces, we will not be able to sort/resort them in a manner required by USPS; therefore, they can only be mailed via 1st class regular, which does NOT require any special sorting or barcoding.
Letter setup
It is your responsibility to ensure that all the merged letters and envelopes are in the correct order. We highly recommend that you confirm the accuracy of the information from the letter to the envelope on your first and last piece as well as some random pieces in the middle of your job. Also, confirm a matching quantity of pages in the letter file versus the envelope file; for instance, a 1000-piece one-page letter order should have 1000 pages both in the letter and envelope PDF file.
- Multi-page orders: In a multi-page order, all the pages need to be sequential regardless of whether you choose a single-sided or double-sided printing. For instance, in a 2-page order, your PDF file will begin with page 1 then 2 then page 1 again. Therefore if you order a 1000 two-page order, your PDF for letters needs to be 2000 pages, but your envelope PDF will be 1000 pages.
- Full bleed letters must include a minimum of 1/16” bleed on every side.
- Non-full bleed letters must have a minimum of ¼” clear margin on every side.
- Graphics: We highly recommend a minimum of 300 dpi for all graphics or your print job may appear low quality.
- All photos, graphics, signatures, or other elements need to be included in your letter.
- Mailing date: Nothing in your merged PDFs can be modified, including your mailing date. If you show a mailing date in your letter, that date will be printed as shown.
Envelope setup
You must upload a PDF file for your envelopes.
- Handwritten fonts: You can choose any handwritten fonts that are available on your computer since you are mail merging your own envelopes. But you will need to make sure that you embed your handwritten fonts in the PDF so your fonts print correctly.
- Full bleed envelopes: This letter printing product only supports not full-bleed envelopes, which means you must have at least a ¼” clear margin on all 4 sides. Your envelopes must be ordered separately if you need to use full-bleed envelopes with your letters.
- Graphics: All graphics must be included in the uploaded PDF. We highly recommend a minimum of 300 dpi for graphics or your print may not look high quality.
- Addressing zone: This page shows the areas that must be left clear for addressing, USPS barcoding, and postage.
Adding additional items to your letter printing order
You can also include additional items with your letter. Below are some of our common options.
- Remit or reply envelopes
- Flyers & brochures
- Business cards
- Small slips
Configure your letter printing product on this page and Add to Cart. After uploading your letter and list you will be given the option to add any of the above items before checking out.
