Print agency · Chicago
Impact Direct is the print agency for teams who need production, mailing, and paper without running a press floor. One project manager. One invoice. Instant estimates in PressPass.
Campaign. Production. Mail. Paper.
Print + technology · silent
2010
Founded · Elk Grove Village
2M+
Pieces managed yearly
60s
PressPass estimate
1
Call · the whole job
Why an agency
Impact Direct is the single call for print programs. We manage production so you can manage the campaign.
From file intake to mailbox. No hand-offs between estimators, plants, and mail houses that you have to referee.
Data, print, personalization, and USPS — specified as one program, not four vendors with four invoices.
PressPass gives a range in about a minute. Exact quotes follow the same specs, not a new conversation.
Bravo and Lenna are mill-direct private label stocks — inkjet-ready grades priced below the usual merchant sheet.
Your tools
Quote it. Track it. Print it on paper you actually control.
PressPass
Format, quantity, stock, mail class. PressPass returns an estimate — not a promise to call you back. Exact quotes use the same specs.
Open PressPassProduct
6×9 Postcard
Quantity
50,000
Stock
Bravo 60#
USPS Marketing
Estimate
$8,400 — $11,300
Range · not a bid
Client portal
Files, proofs, and status live in one place. Your team logs in instead of asking where the job is.
Open Client PortalPatient acquisition · 6×9
In production
Renewal letter package
Proof
Q3 catalog · Bravo 60#
Shipped
Bravo & Lenna
Bravo is the Altitude series (SCA+++). Lenna is Elevation (book and offset). Mill-direct, inkjet-ready, typically 20–40% under merchant pricing.
See the Paper ProgramBRAVO
SCA+++ · Altitude
50# / 55# / 60#
LENNA
Book & Offset · Elevation
35# / 40# / 45# / 50#
Full capability
Direct mail, commercial print, packaging, and fulfillment — specified and managed as Impact Direct work. You do not shop the plant. You shop the program.
One PO · one point of contact · full capability
Production we run
Direct Mail
Data to doorstep. Variable, EDDM, saturation, and full campaign management.
Learn more →Commercial Print
Web offset and digital production for catalogs, booklets, and collateral.
Learn more →Custom Packaging
Folding cartons, inserts, and POP — short-run through volume.
Learn more →Fulfillment & Mailing
Bindery, kitting, co-mail, commingle, and freight. One invoice.
Learn more →Variable Data
Versioned content, QR, PURLs, and 1:1 targeting at production speed.
Learn more →PressPass
Configure the job. Get a range. Send the same specs for a firm quote.
Learn more →Since 2010
Opaque pricing. Slow estimates. A different person every time the job moved. Impact Direct started in Elk Grove Village to be the opposite: a print agency that quotes in the open, owns the campaign, and stays on the phone.
The Agency Story