Graphic Design · Rochester, NY
Your First Impression Is
Our Business.
Print-focused design from a team that knows USPS regulations, production requirements, and what actually gets opened. You only get one chance — we make it count.
Design That Was Built for the Press.
Most graphic designers work in a world that starts on screen and ends on screen. Mailstar’s design team works in a world that starts with your goals and ends in your customer’s hands.
We design with print production in mind from the first concept — correct bleeds, press-ready color profiles, USPS-compliant layouts, and paper stock that complements the design. That’s what separates a print-savvy creative team from a general design shop, and it’s why our clients don’t get surprises when the job comes off the press.
"You only have one chance to make a great first impression."
Our Designers Know the USPS Rulebook So You Don't Have To.
USPS mail piece design has strict requirements — address placement, barcode clear zones, aspect ratios, and more. A design that doesn’t meet those specs can be rejected by the post office, returned for correction, or — worst case — mailed at a higher postage rate than you budgeted for.
Mailstar designers build every mail piece to USPS specifications from the start. No back-and-forth corrections. No rate surprises. No delays from a rejected piece at the presort facility. It’s one of the real-world advantages of working with a team that designs and mails under the same roof.
Professional Design
From Concept to Camera-Ready.
Branding & Identity
Logos, brand systems, color palettes, and typography guides for businesses that need a consistent visual identity across all their marketing materials.
Direct Mail Creative
Postcards, self-mailers, envelopes, inserts, and appeal packages designed for response — with USPS layout compliance built in from day one.
Print Collateral
Brochures, flyers, sell sheets, rack cards, business cards, letterhead, and any other printed material your business needs to look polished and professional.
Event Materials
Banners, signage, programs, invitations, and wide format displays designed to work across all your event touchpoints.
Nonprofit Appeals
Donation appeal packages, pledge forms, reply envelopes, and campaign materials designed to communicate urgency and inspire giving.
Production Services
File cleanup, prepress preparation, color correction, and print-ready export for files you've created elsewhere that need production-ready formatting.
Your Project, Simplified.
Design Here. Print Here. No Handoff Required.
When design and printing happen in the same place, the whole process gets simpler. Files don’t get lost in translation. There’s no back-and-forth between your designer and a separate print shop trying to figure out why the colors don’t match. No prepress surprises when a file isn’t set up correctly.
Mailstar’s design team and production team share the same building — which means your designer knows exactly how a piece will behave on press before a single sheet is printed. That’s how we catch problems early and deliver a finished product that looks exactly like what you approved.
Work We're Proud of.
Samples of direct mail, print collateral, and brand identity work for businesses and nonprofits.
