How To Print Badges
Name badges can make or break an attendee experience. Pathable name badges are unique in that, in addition to displaying Name, Title, and Organization, they also display a list of matches for each attendee (people the system recommends they meet based on common interests) and their tags (interests from their profile). Badges are also color coded so that each category of attendee get their own unique color.
Printing badges is simple for hosts:
Step 1: Choose your Badge Template
- Visit the host tools for your site by clicking the Manage Event link in the upper right corner of the screen when viewing your Pathable site.
- Click Select Badges from the navigation bar on your left
- Check “Enable Badges for my Event” checkbox
- Select the badge design you prefer
- Click Save
Step 2: Print Badges
- Click Print Badges from your Dashboard
- Select the attendees for whom you would like to print badges
- Click Select All to print badges for everybody
- To select a subset, select the first attendee you wish to include, then, holding the shift key, select the last attendee. Highlighted attendees are selected. You can also use the ctrl key to select multiple non-sequential attendees
- Hint: To select attendees who have registered or updated their profile since a particular time, click the “Updated At” column header to sort first.
- From your host tools, click Print Badges
- Within 10 minutes, you will receive an e-mail with a link to a PDF file of your badges
- Load your printer with badge paper (see below), open the PDF and print from your PDF Reader
Frequently Asked Questions
Adobe distributes Adobe Reader for free for both Windows and the Mac. You can download it from http://get.adobe.com/reader/.
No Pathable badges are designed to be printed on regular color desktop printers. The paper you choose should be perforated badge paper or stickers, though.
Pathable prints badge in a standard format carried by most Office Depot / Office Max-type stores. The 4″ x 3″ badges will print 6 / page, the 4″ x 5″ will print 4 / page and the 4″ x 6″ print on a single piece of 4″ x 6″ photo paper each.
If you prefer to order on-line, we recommend:
- 4″ x 3″ badges from Amazon (includes plastic hanging holder)
- 4″ x 5″ stickers (we recommend shiny version)
- 4″ x 6″ vinyl holders from PCNameTags
- 4″ x 6″ photo paper from Amazon (Hint: We recommend 9 mil paper, not thicker, to ensure it is easy to slide into the vinyl holders)
- “Green” badges and holders from the Sustainable Group (including plastic-like holders made entirely from biodegradable plant products)
Yes. Go through the badge printing process as you normally would, and on the final dialogue before you print, there will be a small link that says “Looking to print blank badges?”. Click that link and it will allow you to print as many blanks as you would like. Hint: if you are printing 6 badges per page, choose a multiple of 6 for the number of blank badges you are printing.
Yes, although there is a small extra fee for any custom design work on badges. Please inquire for details.
Yes, although there is a small extra fee for any custom design work on badges. Please inquire for details.
One fun option some events have chosen is to display the person most different from you in addition to your matches. This can act as a fun ice breaker. We’re happy to enable this feature for any event that would like to use it. Please inquire for details.
To encourage meeting new people, we only recommend that you meet people you don’t already know. Thus, if the attendee adds someone to their “Contacts” list and marks them as “Already Know”, that person won’t appear on their badge anymore.
Badges will display as many tags as fit in the space allocated (typically this can be between 4 and 7 tags).
Yes. When creating a new attendee through
, click the “Create and Print” button to add that attendee to the event and generate a PDF of their badge immediately.
Yes, we have a number of designs available that we don’t display on the site. Inquire for details.
We can offer barcodes as part of the standard badge for a small extra charge. Please inquire about RFID so we can discuss your needs.