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Jackets: Jackets: Zipper Mailers, Self Mailers So what makes it Mailable?
Shrink-wrapped jackets can be put directly in the mail as long as the package is securely sealed and easily handled, the USPS is happy. But there may be times when you want a more secure jacket- one with a zipper pull that cant possibly come open. Or if want to inkjet addresses onto the jackets. Or how about if you are doing a recordable disc project with us youll need to burn & insert the disc, so no options for shrinkwrapping them.
Zipper Pulls or Rip Strips
We can add a zipper pull to any jacket- tall or small or wide- and make it an official mailer. A zipper pull looks something like this:
Configuration Ideas
conceptual drawings of some of the more standard ones
And while were at it, here are a couple of conceptual drawings we have lying around. It is by no means a complete collection but may help you visualize ideas. These are anywhere from 2 panel to 10 panel, and one disc to many. Everything we do is custom made, so we can vary any part of thisthe pocket, the height, the folding configuration, the zipper placement, et.c etc. etc. You know us custom all the way.
Some real examples
2 panel mailers:

4 panel mailers:
Pop Up Pak Mailers
Pop Up Paks are a really, really neat product we make its ours and we love it!
Normal (wow, we have a normal) pop-ups do not have a zipper pull, but instead have a velcro closure and are send shrinkwrapped. This gives the client the ability to reseal them (somewhat) once theyve ton off the shrinkwrap and been duly impressed by the 3D nature.
SEE POP UP PAK PAGE for more examples
We can, however make a variation on this (you knew that was coming, didnt you?) and add a mailer strip as we did for this retirement home:

While were at (when are we not), we have yet another twist on this. We can make a TALL POP-UP Pak, and even with a zip strip.
Want to see a booklet in it? We can do that too. Ok, stopping now.Wide Mailers
Wide mailers have become symbolic of dvd mailers. It somehow sets them apart and one gives the feel that its a DVD rather than a CD. You can put anything in them of course. This is rather like a tall jacket with a pinch pocket turned sideways.
Ink Jet Printing mailers versus Address labels
One really key question you want to ask yourself, is how are you going to print the addresses. If you are planning on inkjetting them onto the mailers directly, you need to leave an address box on the back unvarnished. So well do spot varnish on the front basically, and the back square can go bare. If theres a gloss on it, the ink jetting wont work. Itll smear all over the place. John Smith will turn into JJJJJJJJJn SMMMMMMth and Mr. Smith wont get his disc. Then you'll get his nasty call.
One of our government clients always does the distribution themselves, and they have us make the discs in mailers, leave a box unvarnished on the back panel, and then they run them through their printer. Weve been doing that contract for so many years. New people are always concerned: "Wont the printer hurt the disc?" So far we havent seen a printer hurt a disc in a mailer. But it might very well depend on the printer. Maybe they have really nice printers, whereas yours might eat your brand new mailer. Were happy to send you a sample of your title to test out. (We sometimes think that printers have moodshave you ever noticed? Sometimes too they talk amongst themselves. Pretty sure.)
You could hand write the address on the mailer (unvarnished square too), but do be careful , Best Beloved, to not use a ball point on the disc. That will hurt it.
Optionally, address labels work quite well. If you like, you can send us your excel file and we can print them out and even apply them (ever have gummy labels get all messed up in your laser printer, not nice, let us do them.) But do check on whether youre going to need presort & address verify & clean up and all that. Thats best handled by a mailing house. We print em as we see em.
Hey, we can even do envelopes if you want but you wont need them if youre doing a zipper strip mailer.
Distribution & Mailing them out?
Do we do it? Nope. Uh-uh. Not if you paid us a zillion bucks. Well ok- one exception we do it for the IRS every year. But you know theyre such nice folks. (Actually, our guy there *is* really nicehow come he cant handle our taxes??) We work with the mailing house, but we see whats involved so we let them do the dirty work.