Use our virtual printer to send multiple pre-mail merged recipients
As well as offering our own in house designer tool to allow you to send the best possible direct mail to your customers, we also have a very useful tool called the Virtual Printer. The Virtual Printer allows you to upload a letter that you have already mail merged and we will be able to use it for your Stannp Direct Mail send.
The Virtual Printer is split into two different functionalities. Sending one letter at a time or having a single pdf with multiple letters within and sending them all at once.
For this article we will be talking about the multiple recipient option. Drag your pdf in or click the browse button to continue.
Once you've uploaded the pdf we will check whether your address fits within the window that we require. This is because we use advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to read this space for your address and convert it into text. This way we can verify whether the address matches the relevant postal database.
If the address is not within this section, we will not be able to process each record. We would ask that either the address area is moved or, you use our own design tool.
Once you're finished reviewing whether the address placement is correct you can move onto the specifications and decide the exact way you would like your mailing to be sent.
The first important step is to define how many recipients this document contains. Whether its ten pages long and has five recipients in it or whether it only has two. This helps us define exactly how your document should be divided.
Decide whether you want to print on both sides (Duplex) or print on only one side of the page (Simplex).
Choose the postage class, whether you would like it to go first class or standard.
Include a name you can better find your information in the reporting section.
Upgrade your mailing with addons! The options you may have available are dependant on your account and some options may not be available. To find out a full list of available options, contact your account manager.
Once you're happy with the settings you can click print & post to send it! This notifies us straight away and the letters will be sent at the next possible opportunity.
Reviewing your send
Once you've sent your first virtual printer campaign you can review it by clicking "view print jobs" at the top left of the virtual printer home screen.
Selecting this will bring you to your job list. You can see the various jobs created, the names you've given to them and whether they've had any errors.
You can click on the buttons to the right for more information. The left download button allows you to download the original file whereas the right eye icon allows you to see further details about the individual recipients.
You can also cancel jobs in this section if they have not been produced yet.