Envelopes

 

Business envelopes are essential printed materials used for both internal office communication and external business correspondence. At BMD Printing, offering business envelopes with customization can be a strong value-add for clients across industries. Below is a comprehensive guide to their primary uses, formats, and customization features:

✉️ Primary Uses for Business Envelopes

1. Mailing & Correspondence

Envelopes are used for sending:

  • Invoices & Statements

  • Contracts & Legal Documents

  • Marketing Mailers

  • Checks & Payroll

  • Proposals, Estimates, and Letters

2. Brand Identity & Professionalism

Branded envelopes reinforce business credibility:

  • Custom logos and return addresses

  • Matching branding with letterhead and business cards

  • Color consistency across printed materials

3. Specialized Applications

Some envelopes are purpose-specific:

  • Security Envelopes: For sensitive financial or legal information

  • Window Envelopes: For invoices/statements where recipient info is pre-printed

  • Reply Envelopes: Included in mailers for customer response (e.g., donation cards, surveys, order forms)

📐 Common Envelope Sizes & Types

Type Size Primary Use
#10 Standard 4.125” x 9.5” Most common business correspondence
#9 Reply 3.875” x 8.875” Fits inside a #10; often used as return envelope

#6 ¾

Remittance

3.625” x 6.5”

7x6.25"

 Checks, personal correspondence, church offerings
A7/A6/A2

5.25” x 7.25” / 4.75” x 6.5”

5.75x4.5" for 4.25x5.5" 

Invitations, greeting cards

 
9" x 12" Flat catalog envelopes For contracts, booklets, catalogs
6" x 9" Booklet mailers Smaller documents or handouts

🖨️ Customization Options

Printing Options:

  • One-color to full-color printing

  • Logo + return address on front

  • Back flap design or messaging

  • Inside tint or security pattern for privacy

Finishing & Features:

  • Window or non-window

  • Self-seal, gummed, or peel-and-seal flaps

  • 🧾 Ideal for These Clients

  • Accountants and legal offices: Need secure, professional mailing

  • Real estate agents: Often mail contracts, marketing pieces

  • Healthcare providers: Send billing or appointment reminders

  • Nonprofits: Use reply and donation envelopes

  • Retailers & eCommerce: Include branded packaging in mail orders

🔄 Bundling with Other Print Products

  • Letterheads & business cards

  • Branded notepads

  • Presentation folders

  • Marketing postcards or brochures