State Printing, Mail Services merger
streamlines print-to-post operation
--GSD Office of State Printing and Mail Services, December 2004

To better meet the print-to-post needs of customers, the DAS General Services Division has merged the offices of State Printing and State Mail Services.

The new alignment aids State Printing's continuing expansion into fulfillment services. State Printing can print variable data such as addresses on letters and envelopes; collate the documents; fold them; insert them into envelopes; and, for those agencies who have an account with Mail Services, forward the envelopes directly for metering and mailing.

To order some or all of the above services, note which fulfillment services are requested on the "additional specifications" section of the printing order form.

State Printing's expansion into fulfillment services is part of the industry trend.

"Publishing is not all-inclusive of what we do. We want to provide our customers a total document solution -- from print to mail, " said Joe Tucker, administrator of the Office of State Printing and Mail Services.

Tucker is serving his second term as president of the National State Publishing Association, an organization whose membership primarily consists of printing administrators for state governments and state colleges and universities.

Tucker is leading the effort to update the focus of the association to better match the evolving industry.

"We are moving away from just being printers," Tucker said.

For more information about the services of the Office of State Printing and State Mail Services, visit their Web site at das.ohio.gov/stateprintingandmail or call 614.466.8334.