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What are The Most Important Mailing Design Guidelines for USPS-Approved Direct Mail? To meet USPS-approved direct mailing design guidelines, your designs must keep all important text and images at least 1/16″ from the edges to avoid being trimmed. Address, return address and postage must be oriented parallel to the longest edge, with a 1″ × […]

There are many ways to create a PDF file, but not all of them work well for professional online printing. The way in which you create a PDF can dramatically alter the quality of your printing…

Choosing the right paper weight for your online printing project can be crucial. Measured in pounds or grams per square meter (GSM), text weight and cover weight can affect the look and feel of marketing materials, personal invitations and projects of all kinds. Fun fact: The pound refers to how much a ream of paper […]

Smartpress’ online printing services makes it easy to add bleeds and borders. Begin designing your artwork with a minimum safety bleed margin of 0.125″. If you add a border to your artwork…