DMR News

Effective August 24 2024, the South Houston LPC began processing all destination letter, flat, and parcel volumes for South Houston 770, 772, and 774 zip codes.

The North Houston SCF facility will continue processing all destination letter, flat, and parcel volumes for Houston 773 and 775 zip codes.

The current SCF discount for Letter size mail is: $0.027 each

The current SCF discount for Flat size mail is: $0.07 each

DMR drops mail at both SCF facilities daily to maximize postal discounts for our customers.

Sectional Center Facility (SCF) — a Postal Service facility that serves as the processing and distribution center (PDC) for Post Offices in a designated geographic area as defined by the first three digits of the ZIP Codes of those offices. Some SCFs serve more than one 3–digit ZIP Code range.

DMR’s newest inkjet was installed the last week of December. Our newest addressing machine is up and running.

The Phoenix utilizes the fastest and highest resolution inkjet print head technology. Phoenix meets the increasing and rigorous demands for printing variable addresses, graphics, dates, times, barcodes, serial numbers, and texts on coated and uncoated substrates at high speeds.

It is hard to believe it has been 25 years!  Time sure has flown.  Our goal from the start was to fill Houston’s need as a full service, high quality, fast paced mailhouse.  Back in 1999, we started out leasing a small space of only about 2,000 sqft with eight employees just inside the Heights.  A few years later in 2003, we were able to restructure our lease and did a build out to accommodate about 10,000 sqft. of production space.  With a lot of hard work, overtime and a little bit of luck, we were able to purchase our current building of 23,000 sqft up on the northwest side of Houston back in 2006.  DMR now has over 30 full time employees and we are still going strong.  We are constantly purchasing new equipment to keep up with the ever changing times making sure we always have the best technology on our production floor.

DMR’s success is all about people:

To our clients:  It has been an honor and I am so appreciative to have been able to work with some of the best companies in Houston.  From the small mom and pop shops up to the Fortune 100 companies that we process mail for, we thank you.   We would not have made it this far if it was not for your continued support and your trust in DMR.

To our team:  Being in business 25 years requires an unbelievable staff.  There are so many of you that have been with us since our first building.  You guys are the backbone of DMR.  Without you, we would not be here today.  I feel very fortunate to have you as my work family.  Thank you for being part of our team.

Thank you for a special 25 years.  I look forward to celebrating the next chapter together.   I have always said, if you have received it in your mailbox, now so more than ever, DMR has the Resources to process your mail!

DMR attended the Printing United Expo out in Las Vegas to research new equipment.  We are excited to announce that we ordered a brand new Kirk Rudy Phoenix Inkjet addressing system at the show!

The United States Postal Service (USPS) mailing service rates increased by about 7.8% on July 14, 2024:

First-Class Mail Forever stamp: Increased from 68¢ to 73¢
First-Class Mail Letters (metered 1 oz): Increased from $0.64 to $0.69
First-Class Mail Postcards: Increased from $0.53 to $0.56
First-Class Mail Flats (1 oz): Increased from $1.39 to $1.50
Each additional oz. (letters and flats): Increased from $0.24 to $0.27

DMR has purchased a new color digital printer.  Our new Riso GL7430 inkjet printer will let us digitally print variable color envelopes.  We ordered the GL7430 with the RS-160 envelope feeder for continuous top-load productivity.

Informed Delivery is a free service from USPS that shows you preview images of incoming mail, plus status updates about your incoming and outbound packages. Every morning the USPS will send you an email showing you all the mail pieces that should be arriving that day. The email will have a scanned image of each mail piece that should arrive in your mailbox. An additional service that can be added to the Informed Delivery. 

Informed Delivery offers business mailers the opportunity to engage users through an integrated mail and digital marketing campaign that generates additional consumer impressions, interactions, and insights.

This process is not intended for tracking each piece of mail. Informed delivery is intended to track the marketing, Mail recipient must be signed up for informed delivery in order to receive the email with the link to the customers website.

To summarize, Informed Delivery is not the most effective way to track mail. It is intended to drive people to a website or online exposure. This is only efficient when the consumer is signed up for informed delivery, meaning if the consumer has not signed up for informed delivery, they will not even see the informed campaign.

We highly encourage all of our customers to sign up for this free service the USPS offers at: 
https://www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm

For two decades, we’ve had the pleasure of serving our clients with top-notch mailing and printing solutions. We couldn’t have reached this point without the trust and support of our amazing customers and the dedication of our outstanding team.

From our humble beginnings to where we stand today, each step has been driven by our commitment to quality, reliability, and innovation. We are proud to have grown alongside our clients, adapting to new challenges and expanding our services to meet your needs.

As we celebrate this achievement, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has been a part of our journey. Here’s to the next 20 years of success, collaboration, and growth!

Thank you for being a part of our story.

We have been shocked at the devastating rains that swept through Houston and surrounding areas. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of our neighbors that had their homes flooded.

We are happy to report that DMR did not experience any flood damage from Harvey. We are open today with a scaled back crew. Please let us know if there is anything we can help with.

DMR's brand new 2018 Freightliner truck arrived today. This new truck is going to replace the 2012 Freightliner we were delivering mail in.

DMR had a vendor tent at the Greater Height Chamber of Commerce's Annual Crawfish Boil on 20th Street in the Height. Beads and DMR Koozies for all who stopped by!

During calendar year January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, DMR recycled 180,040 pounds worth of paper and cardboard.

That is just shy of 90 tons! DMR proving again that direct mail is green!

October 1st, 2016 is DMR 17th Anniversary. Happy DMR Day everyone!!!

Today was our pot luck Thanksgiving lunch at the DMR. The Fruit Turkey made an appearance again.

DMR wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Please note that we will be closed Thursday 11/26 and Friday 11/27.