Discussion

From Fargo to Zebra

kotaKat: BTW - Zebra still makes the LP2844 printer as the ZD888/ZP888 over in China and Asian markets (and ZD230 in EMEA) with a slight case swap.Aliexpress/Alibaba sellers will get you a shiny new Zebra label printer for under $200.

xnx: How many times a year is the convention? Would renting full color card printers make sense?

kotaKat: Typically a once to twice-a-year event for many conventions. These are extremely volunteer-led conventions, so a lot of financials just aren't there to support hundreds of dollars for a short term rental for an event weekend. We're out here for the love of the con(vention) pouring our own funds into things for the most part.Some conventions can be only a couple hundred people (or less!) as fledgling conferences, so getting the costs per-attendee as cheap as possible out of the gates is important.

cordite: Some conventions do. The issue is speed, quantity of printers, and whether or not the shipping costs literally outweigh the incremental yearly cost of buying your own. Card printers are especially fragile compared to zebra label printers.

cordite: Cool to know!