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michaelpa... michaelpa...
 
M$1 March 02, 2009 06:03 PM

What's the easiest way to print tickets for an event at home?

I'm looking for an Avery style template like the ones you use for printing address labels from home, and the paper needs to be perforated ahead of time. (But don't hesitate to post an answer simply because the paper's not perforated.... I need all the options I can get.)

My organization is throwing an event soon and we would like to create tickets for people to buy. The details:

Pre-numbered tickets with two parts, so detachable door prize part later can be matched with entry part. I was hoping Avery has some forms that we can use for printing, but I'm not sure.

The idea is that the tickets are visual/decorative - to be attached to refrigerators as reminders, etc. On the other hand, we need to keep printing costs down, so we'll need to use our own printer, preferably with an already perforated paper from a company like Avery, etc. We'll be printing about 500 tickets.
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nadiraziz nadiraziz
 
 March 02, 2009 07:41 PM
TicketCreator is a powerful program to print tickets for your events economically at home on your own PC. You can create tickets of any size and format. Print your tickets on cardboard, perforated tickets, or customized ticket stocks.

TicketCreator has been especially developed for organizers of middle and small sized events - choirs, music groups, theaters, sports clubs - who print their own event tickets.

http://www.ticketcreator.com/ticket_stub.gif

Many printing companies offer perforated templates, which you can use with TicketCreator to print tickets.

Perforated card sheets
http://www.ticketcreator.com/karteikarten.png

Perforated card sheets with stubs (single)
http://www.ticketcreator.com/tickets_stubs.png

Perforated card sheets with stubs (double)
http://www.ticketcreator.com/tickets_stubs2.png

Shelftagsupply.com offers perforated card sheets
Ticket-print.co.uk offers perforated blank tickets on letter paper
Image-cs.co.uk offers perforated tickets on A4 paper.

TicketCreator runs on all Windows versions (Windows98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, Vista). It supports all Windows compatible printers, like laser printers, ink printers, ticket printers, or thermal transfer printers.

Download Demo here:
http://www.ticketcreator.com/demo_e.htm
Source(s):
http://www.ticketcreator.com/index.html

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• This is everything I was looking for. The price tag sucks, but that's just the way it goes sometimes. Absolutely outstanding answer, right down to the details of the perforated paper stock and listening to exactly what I wanted.


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chazzyfen chazzyfen
 
March 02, 2009 06:10 PM
If you have microsoft word there is a way to do this, but it won't perforate them for you. Simply go to the tools toolbar and go down to the labels button, and then you can create your own labels. Its quick and easy, but its not exactly awesome looking. Hope this helps.

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vandal913 vandal913
 
March 02, 2009 06:38 PM
What about these?

http://www.office-supplies.us.com/perforated_inkjet_postcard_postcards_10012739_prd1.htm

The tickets would be postcard size, so I'm not sure if that's too big for what you need, but then again something big with a nice design will certainly catch people's eye. And it looks like these are 4 cards per page, with 200 pages in the package, so you'd have your 500 with 300 to spare in case there are some screw up pages.

That webpage also includes the SKU and UPC number so you may be able to go to your local office store and find these so you don't have to order them online.

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robbrown robbrown
 
March 02, 2009 06:43 PM
The perforated part of this is going to make it difficult and maybe even expensive.

I don't see any Avery Business Card style event ticket paper anywhere.

I have a couple of ideas:

1)
Print on regular, inexpensive cardstock and use a paper cutter to trim tickets.

http://www.global-b2b-network.com/direct/dbimage/50215977/Paper_Cutter_Trimmer.jpg

If you know anyone who is into scrapbooking, they likely have one of these that you could borrow. Otherwise, you may be able to use a cutter at a local print shop for free (Kinkos) or if you're going to print batches of tickets regularly, it may be a good investment to purchase one.

2)
Use a professional printing service.

http://www.overnightprints.com/main.php?A=start_page&product_group=bookmarks

This one will print 2x6 tickets. $15.95 for a hundred and the price per goes down the more you order. You will likely even be able to find a coupon online for a discount.

http://media.overnightprints.com/img1/en/onp_productpage_bookmarks.jpg

I would deeply consider the cost of printer ink, paper, cutting, time and especially quality.

In my experience, using the services of a reasonably priced print shops like this is almost always cheaper and better then printing large volumes at home. Simply put, they're pros and they make their money in volume not in markup alone.

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