Tickets and vouchers
A ticket without a unique number is a piece of card. The number is what makes it countable, reconcilable and hard to duplicate — and it is a separate printing pass, which is why it belongs on the specification rather than in the design.
EZ Print prints event tickets, gift vouchers and numbered coupons in Singapore, and has done since 2017. Common sizes are 210 × 74 mm, 180 × 70 mm and DL 99 × 210 mm, usually with a perforated stub between 45 mm and 60 mm wide. Sequential numbering is printed in a separate pass with a stated start value and prefix, and the same number can be repeated on the stub so a torn ticket still reconciles. Stocks are 260–350 gsm art card, uncoated woodfree where the ticket is written on, and 200 micron synthetic stock where it must survive weather or handling. Security features available without special substrates are sequential numbers, a spot UV mark, a foil block and a die-cut shape. Standard turnaround is 7–14 working days, and the numbering and the perforation are separate passes inside it. Express is quoted per job. EZ Print quotes from the specification and does not publish prices.
Specifications, formats and enquiry details for each product quoted on this service.
A numbered voucher with a tear-off stub, loose or bound into a book, so each redemption can be traced.
Also ordered as: Voucher, Gift Certificate, Cash Voucher, Discount Coupon, Voucher Booklet, Coupon Book
A card with a code or prize hidden under a scratch-off panel, for contests and promotions.
Also ordered as: Scratch-Off Card, Scratch and Win Card, Lucky Draw Card, Scratch Coupon
A numbered ticket with a perforated stub, so entry can be checked and a draw can be made.
Also ordered as: Admission Ticket, Raffle Ticket, Lucky Draw Ticket, Concert Ticket, Numbered Ticket
A printed pass worn on a lanyard or clip, with a name or number on each pass, checked at the door.
Also ordered as: VIP Pass, Backstage Pass, Lanyard Pass, Delegate Badge, Conference Badge, Access Pass
A printed synthetic-paper band with an adhesive closure, showing a guest has paid or been admitted.
Also ordered as: Event Wristband, Synthetic Paper Wristband, Paper Wristband, Admission Band
A numbered sheet pinned to a runner’s shirt, printed on a tear-resistant synthetic stock.
Also ordered as: Running Bib, Marathon Bib, Bib Number, Runner Number
Size, stub position, numbering scheme and stock. The numbering scheme is the one people leave out and the one that causes reprints — a start value, a prefix and whether the number repeats on the stub. The ticket below is drawn at true physical size.
Admit one
No stub at this size
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The start value, the prefix and whether the number repeats on the stub. Three decisions, and all three have to be made before the run rather than after it.
What to ask for
2,000 event tickets at 210 × 74 mm 350 gsm matt art card 4C/1C Perforated stub 50 mm wide Sequential numbering from 00001, repeated on the stub Print-ready PDF with the perforation marked on a separate layer Needed by — your date
The material
A ticket lives in a pocket for a week and is then torn in half by someone who is not looking at it. It has to be stiff enough to tear cleanly along the perforation rather than tearing anywhere. The edges below are drawn at the measured caliper of the weight named.
Also sold as matt coated card, C2S matt. Held at 310, 350 and 400 gsm.
Stiff, matt and it tears cleanly along a perforation rather than fraying across it.
Also sold as gloss coated card, C2S gloss. Held at 260, 310 and 350 gsm.
A reflective face that makes an image-led voucher look like a product rather than a document.
Also sold as uncoated natural, offset card. Held at 300, 350 and 400 gsm.
Matt and toothy. Takes a ballpoint or a marker at the door without smudging.
Also sold as synthetic paper, tear-resistant stock, PP sheet.
Not paper. It does not absorb water and it does not tear along a fold, which is both its advantage and its one complication.
Synthetic stock and a tear-off stub are close to incompatible: the material exists to resist tearing. If a ticket must survive weather and still tear, the honest answer is a card ticket in a sleeve.The materials library
A number is the cheapest security feature that exists. It makes duplicates visible on reconciliation rather than at the door, and it costs one pass.
Numbering is a separate pass and so is perforation, so a numbered, perforated ticket goes through the press three times rather than once. Neither can be compressed, and neither should be discovered after the layout is approved.
| Finish | Tooling | What the reorder pays for |
|---|---|---|
| Round-corneringStandard radii, on a die held as stock tooling | None | Nothing to make, so nothing to remake. |
| Matt or gloss laminationSingle pass, both sides | None | Nothing to make, so nothing to remake. |
| Hole-punchingStandard bits. A shaped or slotted opening is die-cutting, not punching | None | Nothing to make, so nothing to remake. |
| Spot UVNeeds a screen; reads best over matt film | Made once | Kept on file with your approved artwork. The reorder runs from it. |
| Die-cuttingA forme is cut once, then kept for the reorder | Made once | Kept on file with your approved artwork. The reorder runs from it. |
| Hot foil stampingFirst run carries the block; reorders do not | Made once | Kept on file with your approved artwork. The reorder runs from it. |
| Sequential numberingStated start value, prefix and digit count. Repeated on the stub where required | None | Nothing to make, so nothing to remake. |
| PerforationA tear line for the stub. Needs 6 mm clear on both sides | None | Nothing to make, so nothing to remake. |
| Booklet paddingTickets glued into books of 50 or 100 with a card back | None | Nothing to make, so nothing to remake. |
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Every operation here is quoted inside the standard window. What changes between a first order and a second is the tooling: a die, a block or a screen is made once and then kept on file with your approved artwork, which is why the reorder of a job carrying one is a different job from the first.
Every ticket problem at a door is a numbering problem: two tickets with the same number, or a stub that tore through the number instead of beside it.
A ticket is sized by what it has to fit into — a pocket, a wallet, an envelope — and by whether it is torn. Every size below cuts from a standard sheet, so the choice costs nothing but should still be deliberate.
Two things belong on a separate layer rather than in the design: the perforation, because it is a physical operation, and the number, because it is printed in a pass of its own. Everything else is ordinary card artwork.
Send the numbering scheme as a sentence — start value, prefix, digit count, and whether it repeats on the stub — and it is set up and proofed before the run rather than corrected after it.
Turnaround
Standard turnaround is 7–14 working days.
Standard orders. The schedule for specialist finishing is confirmed in your quotation.
Same-day printing available.
Subject to artwork, stock and production capacity confirmation. Timing is agreed for each job.
A reorder that continues the numbering from where the last run finished is straightforward — say the last number issued and the run picks up from it rather than starting again.
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Yes. Sequential numbering is a separate printing pass with a stated start value, prefix and digit count, and the same number can be repeated on the stub so a torn ticket still reconciles. It should be specified as a sentence rather than drawn into the artwork.
210 × 74 mm — a third of an A4 sheet — is the most common, with a perforated stub between 45 mm and 60 mm. 180 × 70 mm fits a jacket pocket and a standard envelope, and DL at 99 × 210 mm is used where terms have to be printed on the reverse.
Sequential numbering is the cheapest and most effective feature, because duplicates become visible on reconciliation. Beyond that, a spot UV mark does not photocopy, and a foil block cannot be reproduced on an office printer. All three can be combined on one ticket.
Wherever the stub is wanted, with 6 mm of clear space on both sides. A perforation wanders by about a millimetre as it is cut, so type or a number sitting closer than that will be torn through rather than beside.
Yes, on 200 micron synthetic stock — but not with a tear-off stub, because that material exists specifically to resist tearing. If a voucher must survive weather and still detach, the practical answer is a card voucher in a sleeve.
Yes. Tickets are padded and glued into books of 50 or 100 with a card back, with the numbers running through the book in order. It is a further pass after numbering and perforation, and it is the usual format for raffle and cloakroom tickets.
Yes. Say the last number issued and the new run starts from the next one. It is worth recording that number somewhere durable, because a repeated number in a voucher programme is discovered at reconciliation rather than at the counter.
Every job is quoted from its specification — stock, quantity, sides, finish, size and deadline.
Artwork is welcome but not required to start. Email sales@ezprint.com.sg if you would rather attach files.
