How to use the badge printing function

With the help of our evenito badge printing function you have the possibility to print personalized files for different use cases, such as the personalisation of name badges for your participants, directly from the evenito back office.

Activate personalized file function

In order to use the personalized files function, it needs to be enabled by our product team for your Space. Please contact our CS team so that we can initiate the activation of the function for you.

Create your personalized file

Before you can personalize your file, you must first create an appropriate document. To do this, you create a Word document in which you insert your texts, images, logos, etc.

In order to have this document personalized, it requires appropriate placeholders that are automatically filled with the participant's personal information when the file is printed or sent. You can use these placeholders to design an address field, insert the salutation, or the personalised QR code, for example.

If desired, tables can be used in the files to bring structure to the document. It is also possible to hide table rows so that they are not displayed in the final document.

Placeholders in personalized files

You can use the following placeholders in your Word document:

• Event start date: 
  

  [[event.startDateWithDay]]

• Event start time:

  [[event.startTime]]

• Event name:

  [[event.name]]

• Description Event: 

  [[event.description]]

• Main location of the event (name and address):
  

  [[event.location]]

• Salutation: 

  [[contact.greeting]] 

• Title: 

  [[contact.titel]] 

• First name:

  [[contact.firstName]]

• Last name:

  [[contact.lastName]]

• Address: 

  [[contact.address]]

• Postcode: 

  [[contact.zip]]

• Place: 

  [[contact.city]]

• Individual token:

  [[contact.token]]

• QR-Code for Check-In: 

  [[images.qrcode]]

• QR-Code for the personalized registration on the event website: 

  [[images.registerQr]]

• QR-Code for the personalized access to the virtual platform: 

  [[images.connectUrlQr]]

Use file

Once you have prepared your file, you can add it to your event.

To do this, go to your contacts, select the "Personalized files" tab and click on the "+" icon on the right.

In the window that opens, define the name of your file, select "Badge" in the dropdown under the type and add your file via the file manager by clicking on the paper clip on the right. Then confirm the upload by clicking the "Add" button.

Download and dispatch 

Download

To download your personalized file, go to your contacts and select the desired participants by checking the top checkbox. Once you have made your contact selection, click on the download button at the top right and select "Personalized files".

Then select your file from the drop down menu. The following window opens:

By clicking the "Render" button you confirm the sending of the personalized files to the recipient's email address. The download is prepared with a time delay and the duration of the sending depends on the size and number of the selected files and contacts.

The link to download the files in the e-mail is valid for 7 days from the time of receipt. After this time you will not be able to access the files behind the link and you will have to start a new export.

Of course, you also have the option to download the personalized file for a single contact only. To do this, open the desired contact by hovering over the contact with the cursor and clicking on the edit pen on the right side. Then click on the download button in the upper right corner and select the desired file to trigger the download.

Dispatch

In order to send the file to your participants via message, you must first create a message with which you want to send it.

Insert a button in the message for the link to the file and store the placeholder of the file in the URL. Alternatively, you can also link the placeholder behind a sentence or word, or provide it as a link to copy out of the message.

In the placeholder manager, under the "Files" section, you'll find the corresponding placeholders for the file. There are two different options available. The first placeholder (here, for example, "Test File") pertains to the personalized file of the main contact. The second placeholder (+ Companions) automatically includes both files, meaning that the personalized files for both contacts (main contact + companion) are included.

After you have finished editing, you can now send your message to the desired contacts.

Print badges

You want to print most of your badges before the event starts? Then please proceed as described in the download section of this article by downloading your personalized badges in order to print them collectively.

You also have the possibility to print badges via the evenito backoffice.

To check in your contacts via the back office and print them a personalized badge, enable this feature in the basic settings of your Event Center by activating the switch on the right side under "Check in".

Then click on the menu item "Check in" in the upper right corner of your navigation bar.

To be able to print badges for individual participants, please activate the "Badge printing" button at the top right.

Now call up your desired contact by clicking on it on the left side in your contact overview. You also have the option to search by first or last name, or to use the filter function, for example, to display only certain groups that you want to accredit on site.

Then click on the "Check in" button on the right and your contact will be checked in.

The following message will appear:

If you have stored several personalized badge files, all files are always prepared for printing in the first step. You can then manually decide in the print preview which of the badges you want to print for this contact.

You will then be taken directly to the print preview and can decide here which files exactly and on which device you want to print them.

Confirm the process by clicking on "Print".

Your desired badge will now be printed on your selected hardware.

If you need a badge more than once, click on the red button "Override check in" on the right side and the printing process will be triggered again.

Hardware

Principally any hardware that your computer or laptop has access to will work for printing your badges.

Please make sure that your hardware also meets the requirements for your desired badge printing, such as printing in a certain format, or on a certain type of paper.

Connect the hardware in the print settings of your device so that it can be selected directly in the print preview in the evenito backoffice.

To use the Badge Printing function, the corresponding browsers must run at least on these versions:

• Chrome 111.0 
• Firefox 111.0
• Edge 111.0
• Safari: Not supported