How to Print Photo Booth Strips at Your Event

A strip a guest can hold is the difference between a nice photo and a keepsake that survives the night. BoothLab prints straight from the booth, no laptop in the chain.

What you need

• An AirPrint-capable photo printer on the same Wi-Fi network as the iPad. Most modern dye-sub and inkjet photo printers support AirPrint; check the model before the event, not at it.
• 4×6 photo paper if you are printing the double 2×6 sheet, or paper matching whichever layout size you chose.
• A network the printer and the iPad both trust. A travel router or phone hotspot you control beats venue Wi-Fi every time.

Print from the booth

1. Run a session in Photobooth mode as usual.
2. On the guest sharing screen, tap Print. Make sure it is one of the share actions you left enabled in settings.
3. For a 2×6 strip, BoothLab asks whether you want a single or double sheet. Double places two copies side by side on one 4×6 — the standard way strips are cut at events.
4. Pick the printer, set the number of copies, and confirm.

The double-strip trick

Traditional booths always printed two strips per session: one for the guest, one for the couple's scrapbook. The double sheet reproduces that on modern photo paper — you print one 4×6, cut once down the middle, and hand over two identical strips. It halves your paper cost per guest and gives the client a set for the album.

Practical notes

• Test the whole chain before doors open, including the cut. Paper orientation surprises are much cheaper to find at 4pm than at 9pm.
• A paper jam should not stop the booth. Guests can still take the strip by QR code, email, text or WhatsApp while you clear it.
• Design for print, not just screen. Keep names and dates away from the outer edge of the layout so a slightly off cut does not clip them.
• Bring more paper and ink than you think. Printing is the one part of the booth you cannot improvise at midnight.
• Printing is Photobooth-only. 360 videos have nothing to print; they leave by QR, and the Sharing Station kiosk lives on the 360 side of the setup.

Charging for prints

Unlimited prints is the single easiest line item to add to a package, because guests can see what they are paying for. Operators commonly bundle it into the premium tier rather than metering it — see the pricing guide for how the tiers usually stack up.

Strips in hand before they leave the booth

BoothLab prints over AirPrint straight from the guest screen. Download free on the App Store.