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How to make employee name badges from a roster

Name, role, and a logo. Print the staff list. Same face for every hire.

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How to make employee name badges from a roster

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free label maker: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print to a Zebra or download PNG, PDF, or ZPL.

Open name badge template

Name badge sample from the free label maker
This is the name badge template in the free app. Open it and swap in your own text.

You can make employee name badges without a badge vendor. Put staff in a sheet, open the free label maker, map {{name}} and {{role}}, add the logo, then print. No signup. Same face for every hire this year. Don't print secrets on a visible badge.

Good to know: Don't print employee IDs you treat as secrets, or door codes, on a visible badge.

How to make employee name badges

  1. Open https://app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. 3x2 or 4x3 works for most clips.
  2. Export HR or a simple roster: name, role, department.
  3. Add the logo, {{name}} large, {{role}} under it.
  4. Preview two people. Print on thermal stock or export PDF.

New hires later

Save the JSON. Next month you only add a row and print quantity 1. You don't rebuild the layout in Word.

Print or save

If you have a Zebra, print from this computer with Browser Print at the printer's DPI. If you don't, download PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON keeps the layout so you can open it later.

Print the staff badges

One layout. The whole roster.

Open name badge template