What We Do
Addressing & Mailing Services is here to help with all of your mailing needs. Whether your mailing has just a few pieces, or a few thousand pieces, we can assist in getting your mailing ready for distribution to on-campus, off-campus, coordinate campus, or international recipients.
By utilizing Addressing & Mailing Services, your department can save money on postage through use of the University’s non-profit mailing permit, first class presort discounts, and bulk rates for international mail.
Some of the services we offer include:
- mailing list maintenance
- inkjet addressing
- inserting
- tabbing
- metering
For a comprehensive list of our available services and equipment, click on the categories below.
Data List Management
- Eliminate duplicates
- Standardize delivery addresses
- Code addresses with appropriate zip+4
- Data merge for personalized letters
- National Change of Address updates
- Secure online data drop for list submission
Mail Preparation
- Inkjet addressing (special font addressing available)
- Tabbing
- Inserting by hand or machine
- Postage application by permit indicia, mail meter imprint, or stamps
- Postage discounts with use of the University’s permit indicia
- Postage discounts via First Class Presort services
- Label creation
- Free pick up of materials from Twin Cities campus locations
- Storage of printed materials for ongoing jobs or fullfillment order handling
Shipping Services
- USPS Priority Mail (domestic and international)
- USPS First Class Package Services
- USPS Express Mail
- USPS Media Mail
- USPS Intelligent Mail Package Barcode
- UPS Ground, 2nd Day Air, and Next Day Air service
- DHL Express International service
Software & Equipment
- Two high volume VideoJet inkjet machines
- Two high speed digital folding machines
- Two inline tabbers
- Two table-top tabbers
- Impressia digital color envelope printer
- Memjet digital color envelope printer
- Table-top inserter for small-run quantities
- Bell & Howell swing arm inserter for large-run quantities, with inline mail machine
- Two high volume mail meter machines with weigh-on-the-way capability
- Electronic package scale (from 1⁄10 of an ounce up to seventy pounds)
- Floor scale (up to 5,000 pounds)
- Automatic pallet wrapper
- Two mail tray strappers
- BCC Mail Manager software to ensure lowest postage rates
- Integrated internal billing system to allow for departmental EFS chargebacks