Create a print template
The template is the source of truth: its slots decide the shot count, its paper decides the print.
The print template is the source of truth for a session. Its photo slots decide how many shots the booth takes and in what order; its paper size decides what comes out of the printer. Change the template and you have changed the session.
Build one
- Open the Template editor and start a new template, or begin from one of the quick starters.
- Set the paper size first. Everything else is laid out against it, so changing it later moves your work. A 2×6 strip and a 4×6 postcard are the common two.
- Place your photo slots. The number of slots is the number of shots the booth will take.
- Add anything else the print needs — text, logos, a QR code for the gallery.
- Run a test print before you rely on it.
Two-up: two strips on one sheet
Most photo printers do not take 2×6 paper. They take 4×6, and a 2×6 strip is made by printing two strips on one 4×6 sheet and cutting it in half. That is what the two-up setting does, and for strip templates it is normally what you want.
The pair is laid out along the sheet’s long edge, so it follows the paper rather than the iPad: on a portrait sheet the two strips sit side by side and you cut down the middle, and on a landscape sheet they stack and you cut across. Rotating the iPad never changes this.
- Two per page — composes the pair automatically. Each guest gets two identical strips from one sheet, or you cut and hand one to each of a couple.
- Cut line — prints a faint dashed guide along the cut. Some operators want it; others find it spoils the keepsake.
Margins
Leave a margin your printer can afford to lose. Borderless printers overshoot the paper slightly, so artwork pushed hard against the edge will be trimmed. If your design has to run edge to edge, calibrate the printer first and check with a test print.