Badges are printed at the door, not stacked alphabetically the night before. A print station runs next to the printer, and when a guest is checked in at a point with printing switched on, their badge comes out straight away. You design it in the studio with name, company, ticket category, QR code and your own artwork.
Badge printing on site
Where a check-in point has badge printing switched on, the badge is printed as the guest is admitted — no second step, no queue at a separate desk. The layout is yours: you place name, company, ticket category, QR code, and your own artwork on the front and, if you need it, on the back.
Walk-ins are handled the same way. Someone who was never registered can be entered at the door and receives the same badge as everyone else.
The print station is a small desktop application that runs on the laptop next to the printer, because a browser is not granted the printer access that silent, unattended printing needs. You download it in the studio and pair it once with an access code — available for Mac today, Windows to follow. Several stations can run side by side, one per check-in lane.