University of Minnesota
http://www.umn.edu/
612-625-5000
http://www.umn.edu/
612-625-5000
Design ◦ Print ◦ Mail ◦ Communicate
Printing Services
Utilizing strategic partnerships with a range of local offset print vendors, Printing Services offers award-winning print production for long runs that require the highest print quality.
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High-quality digital printing is available at five convenient Digital Print Center locations across campus. Drop your file off in person or place your order online. Free on-campus delivery is available for all orders.
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Variable data printing (VDP) combines the power of your database with the effectiveness of Printing Services’ variable technologies and high-quality digital printing to successfully connect with prospective students, alumni, donors, and key stakeholders.
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Printing Services offers high quality 600 dpi large-format printing at exceptional prices. Our large-format inkjet printers produce brilliant, accurate colors that are sure to enhance any event. Posters and banners are available up to 58” wide by any length. You can also have your poster laminated and mounted to foam core or Sintra for a professional, effective finished piece.
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Thesis printing is available on 100% cotton rag content paper for durability and permanency or a high quality acid-free paper. Traditional thesis binding includes a custom made hard cover using the Buckram fabric color of your choice and a foil-stamped spine with your name, degree, and the year.
Precision is the focus of the Printing Services’ bindery department. From sharp folds to perfectly aligned images and accurate trims, the bindery is watching the fine details in finishing. Capabilities include the basics such as folding, cutting, and drilling as well as more extensive services such as scoring, perforating, numbering, laminating, booklet-making, and a wide variety of binding options. We are also staffed to handle gluing, hand collating, and other assembly processes.
At Printing Services, mailing your piece is a simple extension of the printing process.
We partner with Addressing & Mailing Services and work closely with them to successfully and economically complete the production process. Addressing & Mailing provides a comprehensive mail operation, capable of managing your mail list, inserting, addressing, and sorting for rapid delivery. Addressing & Mailing also provides free consulting services. Their expert staff Understand the University of Minnesota and work closely with you to obtain any available mailing discounts.
Visit the Addressing & Mailing website to learn more about mailing your printed piece.
Printing Services proudly boasts a reputation as a leader in high-quality printing with recognition from several distinguished printing awards competitions, including the In-Print competition, co-sponsored by International Publishing Management Association and IN-PLANT GRAPHICS magazine and Printing Industry Midwest’s Star of Excellence Awards. With the implementation of a new offset printing model in 2020, Printing Services now partners with award-winning external print vendors throughout the Twin Cities to offer colleges and departments at the University quality printing that competes with the best commercial printers in the United States.
