PRINT & MAIL TOOLS
Four tools. One page.
Routes, postage, list hygiene, and press-ready PDFs. Each one is a worked JD job. Send the file or the ZIP when you want it run for real.
Mail Area Planner
Fit the routes to the budget before you print.
10,684 homes · 22 routes · $2,500 postage · Elk Grove dealer · 6×9 card
Northwest-suburban auto dealer. 6×9 card, every door inside five miles of the Elk Grove store, postage capped at $2,500. Saturation letters at the SCF — 23.4¢ on the July 12, 2026 Notice 123 table.
- Center
- 60007 Elk Grove Village, IL
- Radius
- 5 miles
- Budget
- $2,500 postage
- Piece
- 6 × 9 card · letter-size · saturation at the SCF
- Max reach
- 10,684 homes · $2,500
- Best fit
- 6,840 homes · $1,601
Center 60007 · 5 mi
Elk Grove Village, IL
6 × 9 card · letter-size · saturation at the SCF
$2,500
postage budget
Max reach
10,684
22 routes · $2,500
Best fit
6,840
14 routes · $1,601
60007 C012 · Elk Grove Village
612
60007 C018 · Elk Grove Village
548
60007 C004 · Elk Grove Village
490
60005 C009 · Arlington Heights
534
60056 C021 · Mount Prospect
471
60173 C003 · Schaumburg
458
Postage Path Advisor
The cheapest eligible way to mail it.
39.2¢ Marketing Mail · saves $19,400 vs stamps · 50,000 6×9 cards · own list · SCF
A 6×9 card looks like a postcard and prices as a letter. EDDM wants whole routes and a flat. What is left is Marketing Mail presort at the SCF, First-Class presort, or stamps.
- Quantity
- 50,000
- Piece
- 6 × 9 card · 9" × 6" × 0.014" · 0.5 oz
- Shape
- Letter-size (over postcard, under flat)
- Audience
- Own mailing list · 18 ZIPs
- Entry
- Trucked to the SCF
- Files
- CASS + NCOA on the list · PS Form 3602-R + eDoc · Permit imprint
Cheapest eligible path
Marketing Mail presort (addressed list)
Per piece
39.2¢
Postage
$19,600
vs. stamps
saves $19,400
50,000 · 6 × 9 card · Trucked to the SCF
Marketing Mail presort
Automation mix at SCF entry. Range 37.4¢ (all 5-digit) to 41.4¢ (3-digit). Certified presort prices the live job.
39.2¢
Presorted First-Class
1–5 day delivery, forwarding included. Needs 500+ pieces and a named list.
64.9¢
First-Class, single piece
Metered letter. No minimum, no paperwork — and no reason to pay this at 50,000.
78¢
EDDM Retail
EDDM covers whole carrier routes, not a named list. A 6 × 9 card is also letter-size, not a flat.
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List Cleaner
CASS it. NCOA it. Drop what will not deliver.
24,816 in → 23,924 mailable · 1,204 moves · Midwest chapter · fall appeal file
24,816 rows in. CASS standardizes every address. NCOA catches the movers. Vacant, box-closed, foreign, and left-no-forwarding get dropped. You get a mailable file plus the reports the client wants.
- Source
- Midwest-Chapter-Fall-Appeal.csv
- In
- 24,816 records
- Mailable
- 23,924 records
- Moved
- 1,204 (NCOA)
- Dropped
- 892
- Back
- Cleaned CSV · Moves report · Dropped report · CASS QA
Midwest-Chapter-Fall-Appeal.csv
24,816
In
23,924
Mailable
1,204
Moved
CASS
23,941 verified
412 address changed
Drops · 892
Artwork Preflight
Every problem a press would trip on.
2 errors · 3 warnings · RGB + short bleed · Fall-Appeal-6x9-v3.pdf
Agency PDF, mailer profile, two pages. RGB converts. Leftover PMS goes to process. The 0.0625" bleed does not — that is a design change, and we leave it flagged so nobody finds it on the cutter.
- File
- Fall-Appeal-6x9-v3.pdf
- Profile
- Mailer · 6 × 9 card · 0.125" bleed
- Before
- 2 errors · 3 warnings
- After auto-fix
- 1 error left · bleed still short
- Fixed
- RGB images on pages 1–2 · Spot color PMS 485 leftover · No PDF/X output intent
- Still open
- Bleed short of 0.125" · Hero photo is 180 ppi at size · 8 pt knockout type on page 2
Fall-Appeal-6x9-v3.pdf
2 pages · 6.00 × 9.00 in · PDF 1.6
2
Errors
3
Warnings
1
Notes
RGB images on pages 1–2
Two photos are RGB. They will shift on press unless they convert to CMYK.
Bleed short of 0.125"
Trim-side bleed is 0.0625". The cutter has nothing to hold onto. Extend art or add a bleed box.
Spot color PMS 485 leftover
A leftover spot will plate as its own color. Converted to process CMYK.
Hero photo is 180 ppi at size
The front-panel photo is soft at 100%. Replace it or run it smaller.
8 pt knockout type on page 2
Fine knockout on a busy background will plug. Bump it or switch to a solid.
No PDF/X output intent
We will tag GRACoL 2006 when we make the press file.
Bring us the job. We'll run it for real.
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