PrintAWorld brings a live laser engraving station to your New York event. Guests scan a QR code at the booth, type a name, choose an approved font or icon, and follow their claim number on their phone while we engrave the piece on site. Each station is a portable, enclosed laser run by an engraver and an assistant, set up in about 30 minutes at a table-sized spot with a standard outlet.
Guests sign up from their phone, get a claim number, and keep moving through your activation until their piece is ready. Your team approves the fonts, icons, and layout ahead of time, so every piece matches the brand, and the guest pages can carry the event’s look.
No app download and no login. The guest app does not collect email addresses.
Guests scan the live code on the booth screen. It changes every few minutes, so a screenshot shared outside the venue stops working.
Guests type a name and choose from the fonts and icons you approved. Characters a font cannot show, names that will not fit, and obvious profanity are caught before submitting.
The preview updates as they type, showing the layout on the item. Guests see what will be engraved before they submit.
Each guest gets a claim number and a status page showing their place in the queue and an estimated wait, so they can keep exploring the event.
Our engraver runs pieces from the queue on the enclosed laser while the assistant handles pickup. Typos can be corrected at the station before a piece is engraved.
The status page flips to ready. A ready board at the booth lists finished claim numbers for anyone who closed the tab.
Luggage tags, dog tags, leather cardholders, keychains, metal cards, and coasters suit a live station. The engraving area is up to about 4.5 inches (a 115 × 115 mm bed), and the item needs to sit flat inside the enclosed laser.
Clients usually supply the items, with spares for testing. We can source leather tags or cardholders on request. Before the event, we test on your actual item and confirm the look and time per piece.
Bottles and large or curved items are better engraved ahead of time at our New York studio than at a live station. Tell us what you plan to hand out, and we will suggest the right route.
Plan studio engraving in NYC ↗Roughly, for a name on a small item.
Planning example: at that pace, one station covers roughly 120–150 names over three hours of engraving. A second station works from the same guest queue, so guests still scan one code and get one claim number.
A live engraving station gives guests a reason to stop at the booth and a personalized piece to take home. It suits conference sponsor booths, trade show stands, brand activations, product launches, and corporate events where guests arrive over a few hours.
For experiential and event agencies, we work from your brief: the client’s item, approved fonts and icons, booth layout, and event hours. Send what is decided and what may still change.
Plan an engraving stationWe can bring the table and chair.
One regular wall outlet or power drop for each laser.
Before guests arrive, inside your load-in window.
We can bring our own hotspot if venue Wi-Fi is unreliable.
Tell us what the venue or agency requires, such as a certificate of insurance (COI). We confirm it in the quote.
Booking four or more weeks ahead is comfortable. It leaves time to test your item and approve a sample. If your date is closer, say so in the brief.
Event date and hours, venue, expected guest count, the item and quantity, and the fonts, icons, or logo guests can choose from.
We engrave your actual item, ideally on spares, to confirm the settings, the look, and the time per piece. You approve the sample.
A 50% deposit reserves the date once you approve the sample. The balance is due before the event.
Written quote for your date, venue, and item.
Prices assume an event in New York City, plus tax.
Tell us the date, venue, and item. We’ll reply with next steps—no payment needed to inquire.
On-site, or live, laser engraving means the engraving happens at your event. PrintAWorld sets up a portable, enclosed laser station staffed by an engraver and an assistant. Guests personalize their piece from their phone and collect it when their claim number is ready.
Roughly 40–50 pieces per hour per station for a name on a small item. Adding a logo or icon takes longer. We confirm the rate after testing your actual item. A second station can share the same guest queue.
Small, flat items with an engraving area up to about 4.5 inches: luggage tags, dog tags, leather cardholders, keychains, metal cards, and coasters. Bottles and large or curved items are better engraved ahead of time at our studio.
A table-sized spot and a standard 120V outlet for each station, plus about 30 minutes to set up. We can bring the table, chair, and our own internet hotspot.
No. Guests scan the booth QR code and use a web page in their phone’s browser. There is no login, and the guest app does not collect email addresses.
Four or more weeks ahead is comfortable. We start with your brief, test on your item, and reserve the date with a 50% deposit after you approve the sample. The balance is due before the event.
On-site engraving is quoted per event, in writing. The number of stations, event hours, items, and artwork affect the quote. Prices assume an event in New York City, plus tax. Send the date, venue, and item for a written quote.
No. A hand engraver or calligrapher letters each piece by hand. Our station uses an enclosed laser with the fonts and icons you approve, so every piece follows the same brand layout. For hand lettering on bottles or glassware, a hand engraver is the better fit.
Send the venue’s or agency’s insurance requirements, such as a certificate of insurance (COI), with your brief. We confirm what we can provide in the written quote.
Send the date, venue, hours, and the item you have in mind. We’ll reply with next steps for a test on your item and a written quote. No final artwork yet? Start with what you have.
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