For Envelopes
Plain stock, window, no window. One colour, full colour, foil. 500, 5,000, 50,000. MaxPax reads which envelope, in what quantity, with what printing, and quotes from the rows your sheet already has.
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Hi, Could you quote 2,000 DL window envelopes, 90gsm white, with our logo in one colour on the front. Standard address window position, no security pattern. We're running low and would want them in around three weeks. Thanks, Geoff
And the reply that goes out
MaxPax does not invent a new email format. The reply lands in your customer's inbox the way your own replies always have, signed off in your name.
Hi Geoff, Thanks for the enquiry. Here is the quote for 2,000 DL window envelopes, 90gsm white, one colour on the front with your logo, standard address window. Quantity: 2,000 Size: DL (110 × 220 mm) with window Stock: 90gsm white Printing: 1 colour, front only Window: Standard address position Total: $386.00 Turnaround is 10 business days because the print is over the gum line and needs to lay flat. We can have them on your desk three weeks from artwork approval. Cheers, Sarah
Your template, your signature, your turnaround language. MaxPax fills in the priced bit.
Restraint, by design
Some envelope enquiries are specialty stationery jobs. MaxPax knows when to hand the email back.
Hi, We're sending out wedding invites and want the envelopes to feel like part of the gift. Probably 180 of them. We'd like a foil-stamped return address, lined inside (maybe a navy patterned liner), and a square format if you can do that. What's possible and what would it cost? Thanks, Eleanor
MaxPax reads this as a specialty stationery enquiry. Foil stamping and patterned envelope liners are specialist services, the square format and the foil setup both need quoting separately, and the customer wants advice on what's possible. The email lands in your review queue with a note: "Quote not sent. Specialty finish (foil + lining), non-standard format." You reply when you can show Eleanor lining swatches and price the foil die properly.
Why MaxPax
Generic print quoting software assumes every print job looks the same. It doesn't. MaxPax uses your own pricing sheet as the source of truth — so it quotes envelopes the way your shop already does.
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DL, DLX, C5, C4, #10, square. Some of your stock is shared across sizes; some is unique. A customer asking for DL might mean DL or DLX. MaxPax reads what they actually wrote and asks your sheet, not its memory.
02
Plain envelopes and window envelopes do not come from the same supplier batch. The price gap can be wide. Your sheet already knows this. MaxPax reads whether the customer asked for a window and picks the right row.
03
Customers do not usually email about envelopes alone. They email about the matched stationery set. MaxPax handles multi-product emails in a single reply, so the envelopes and the letterheads come back priced together.
What your customer sees
You are on the press. You have not seen the enquiry arrive. Here is what shows up on Geoff's end.
One paragraph in plain English. The kind of email your shop gets every day.
Same address as the enquiry. Your signature. The spec read back correctly. The total itemised. The turnaround named. About a minute, start to finish. Geoff has not had time to open a second tab.
"Looks great, please proceed." That reply lands in your inbox. The next thing you do is start the job, not work out a price.
You see all of this in your sent folder later, exactly as if you had typed each reply yourself.
Setting it up
Ten minutes the first time. Once.
| Field | Type | Cell | Required | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Number | B2 | Yes | — |
| Size | Select | B3 | Yes | DL, DLX, C5, C4, #10, Square 130mm |
| Window | Select | B4 | Yes | No window, Standard window, High window, Custom |
| Stock | Select | B5 | Yes | 80gsm white, 90gsm white, 100gsm laid, 120gsm uncoated |
| Printing | Select | B6 | Yes | No print, 1 colour front, Full colour front, Full colour both sides |
| Finish | Select | B7 | No | None, Foil stamp, Emboss, Spot UV |
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
A plain-English blurb describing what this product is. MaxPax uses it to route incoming emails to the right product, even when the customer uses different words for the same thing.
OUTPUT
The single cell on your sheet that holds the final price. MaxPax writes the inputs above into your sheet, lets it calculate, and reads this cell back.
Why this works
MaxPax does not decide whether a customer who asked for DL meant DL or DLX. It does not assume the per-envelope cost of upgrading from 80gsm to 90gsm, the surcharge for over-gum-line printing, or the standing rate you give the accounting firm that orders 2,000 envelopes every quarter. Your sheet does all of that, and it always has.
What MaxPax does is mechanical and narrow. It reads the enquiry. It writes the size, quantity, stock, printing, and window choice into the input cells you nominated on your sheet. It waits for the sheet to recalculate. It reads the output cell. That number, whatever it is, is what goes into the reply. The AI never invents a size, never rounds, never picks a stock the customer did not name. The math is yours.
This matters when window envelope supply tightens in September and your premium goes up 8%. Or when you trial a free print-trial offer for new stationery customers and want every quote to use it. Or when the law firm down the road earns a matched-stationery discount you do not want recorded anywhere except on the sheet. You open the sheet, change the formula, save. The next quote runs on the new number. No ticket to us. No new version of MaxPax. No waiting. The sheet you keep is the sheet that runs your shop.