OSP PRINTING AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2820

(Revised: 05/2019)

A. Description of OSP Services

The Office of State Publishing (OSP) provides printing, reproduction and communication services to state and other public agencies. OSP can provide services to federal, state and local agencies.

OSP offers the following services:

Publications and Offset Printing: Produces single and multiple color printing projects in large quantities, including bound publications, loose leaf documents, brochures, presentation folders, envelopes, posters and single or multi-part forms.

Digital Printing: High-speed single and full-color printing within a secure facility, including variable data publishing and document tracking and reporting. Meets the security requirements for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075 (IRS 1075).

Bindery Services: Provides the finishing processes in document preparation, including packaging and preparing for distribution. Bindery services include cutting, stitching, binding, collating, folding, perforating, scoring, trimming, padding and drilling.

Electronic Prepress Publishing: Provides prepress solutions supporting Mac and Windows operating systems, including client consultation, composition, proofreading, fill-able form creation, scanning, color correction, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site for file uploading, preflighting, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Remediation, cross- media production, PDF linking, page and color correction for hard-copy proofs profiled for G7 color accuracy.

Mass Mailing: Provides multiple mailing services including full-rate first class, presorted first class, standard presort, parcel mailing, and inserting and sorting of letters and flats. CASS, NCOA, and presorting services of address lists are available.

Addressing: Mailing lists can be maintained in the Addressing Services database. Addresses can be added, deleted, or amended. Address labels can be prepared from preserved lists.

Design Services: Combining comprehensive marketing principles, aesthetics, and technology, provides effective designs to objectively develop communication solutions across print, screen and online mediums.

Imaging and Electronic Document Management Services (EDMS): Provides secure processing services to convert paper documents and files, including large documents and roll plans, into an easy-to-access electronic format. Services include document preparation, imaging, indexing and metadata capture and electronic storage in a custom electronic repository. Meets the security requirements for HIPAA and IRS 1075.

Legislative Printing and Distribution: Legislative bills and publications are printed at OSP and distributed through the Legislative Bill Room located in the basement of the State Capitol.

Forms Printing: Preparation of various sizes of snap out, continuous multi-part and roll-to-roll forms prepared using NCR, bond, or OCR papers. Forms can be numbered and/or perforated.

State Records Center: Provides secure offsite storage of records and documents for state agencies. Secure and confidential document destruction services are available.

Fulfillment: Manages the storage, packaging and shipping of printed materials and other promotional products for state agencies by processing orders for customers and shipping the items to recipients. Assists with warehousing, distribution and inventory control.

Interagency Mail Service: Courier service providing for the delivery of interagency mail to most state agencies in the Sacramento area.

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