There are many companies that can put ink on paper. At CGSM, we think that what you do before you get to press is most important.

We offer a full complement of mailing services for jobs both small and large. We always keep in mind the cost of postage and work with our clients to achieve the lowest rate possible for the each promotion.

Printing Services

We will always try to offer you the most economical way to produce a printing job but first we will consult with you and offer suggestions such as:

• the right stock
• a different grade of stock
• alterations on weight or size of the piece
• the most appropriate printing process

We ask the questions to best understand how a job should best be produced - sheet-fed, web, rotogravure, or digital? Should envelopes be printed flexo, jet, dry offset, CIC (common impression cylinder) or lithographed? There are many ways to get the job done but we know and utilize the "best" way for each individual job.

CGSM will also price your job according to your specifications and then make alternate suggestions (if appropriate) in order to save you money.

CGSM can offer consolidation in the printing and distribution of printed material

• We can produce the same job at multiple locations to take advantage of timing (tight deadlines) and shipping efficiencies (cutting the distance between plant and final destination)
• We set up jobs to utilize the fewest trims or using the fewest amounts of additional plates possible
• We have excellent relationships with most of the major (and not so major) publications and can negotiate more favorable placement by persuading publications to accept our trim size even though it might not meet their official requirements
• The weight of a printed piece can have an effect on the mailing price of a package insert. As part of our estimate, we include the piece weight

Mailing efficiencies, the use of four-color process versus PMS colors, and computer file setup are other areas in which we excel. We have the expertise and access to the right equipment for each job, and we want you to join our many satisfied customers, who consider us one of their most valuable resources.

Mailing Services

Our production staff has extensive experience in all facets of mailing and related postage and delivery. When we are involved in the creation of the mail piece we research and work with the USPS mail piece design specialists to ensure smooth sailing through the postal system

Since postage is often the largest expenditure in a mail promotion, it is critical to our clients that CGSM keep them apprised of the seemingly constant updates and changes that occur

For all of our clients, a production schedule is created for each job so that customer mailings achieve the desired in-home date. This way, inbound responses to a promotion via telephone, mail and internet can be appropriately staffed by CGSM partners or the client's designee.

Our clients also count on CGSM to help them take advantage of the latest innovative mail techniques. Co-palletization, co-mailing, commingling, RPN's (repositionable notes) and even NSA's (Negotiated Service Agreements) for large volume customers are just some of the more recent developments