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Printing tips
How to print signs, table tents, stickers and cards so the code scans every time.
At home or in the office
- Print at 100% size. Turn off "fit to page", which shrinks the sign and the code.
- Plain paper is fine for a first sign. Card lasts longer.
- A small acrylic stand keeps a counter sign upright and clean.
At a print shop
- Send the PDF. It is at the real size of the finished piece.
- Switch on bleed and crop marks when you download, if the shop asks for them.
- For stickers, ask for a matte finish. Gloss catches the light and makes scanning harder.
Keep the code easy to scan
- Dark code on a light background.
- Leave the blank border around the code alone.
- Keep the code at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide. Bigger if people will scan from further away.
- Print on something flat.
Check before you print fifty
Print one. Scan it with an iPhone and an Android phone from where a customer would stand. Then print the rest.
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