Mail Merge

"If there's no cooperation between mail and design—meaning if it's not designed properly—it can't be mailed properly," says Dennis Maze, supervisor of Printing/Duplicating Services at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale.

Since mail and print functions were merged 12 years ago, he says, printed pieces are now able to be designed with mailing in mind. Automated mailing codes can be incorporated into the design, information can be moved away from the address area and pieces can be folded to meet postal requirements.