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Card 02 — Conference floor
Live printing at conferences and trade shows
On an expo floor, attention is the whole game. A press running in your booth is the one thing attendees can't scroll past — and the ninety seconds they wait for a shirt is the longest conversation your team will get all day.
Two formats, one goal
The booth engine. The station lives inside your 10×20 or larger footprint. Attendees stop for the print, your team works the line, and badge scans happen while the press runs. Timed "print drops" — limited designs announced at set times — pull the floor back to your booth repeatedly instead of once.
The lobby program. For conference hosts rather than exhibitors, stations go in the registration lobby or break area as official programming. It fills session gaps, gives sponsors a logo placement people actually wear, and photographs better than any step-and-repeat.
Convention centers are their own animal
This is the event type where logistics earn their keep. Union load-in windows, ordered power drops, drayage, and fire-marshal clearances all get arranged in advance — we've run the Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas convention circuits and build these into the timeline for you. Book expo dates three to four weeks out minimum.
- Booth fit: works inside 10×20; larger builds support drop programming
- Power: order one dedicated 20A drop per press from the venue
- Throughput: one press comfortably serves 40–70 prints per hour
- Blanks: ship to the advance warehouse or we truck them in with the rig
- Travel: Las Vegas and out-of-region shows carry the flat $900 travel fee
The convention-floor case study shows drop programming in action, and the throughput answer covers how to size a station to your expected badge traffic.
Exhibiting this year?
Tell us the show, booth size, and expected traffic — we'll spec the station and handle the venue paperwork.
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