Custom Regular Slot Table Tents
Custom regular slot table tents from 100 — one-piece printed tent cards with a tab and slot cut into the base, so the card folds into a triangle that locks itself and stands square on a restaurant table, bar or counter without tape or glue.
A tent card that locks shut with one tab
- Stock
- Coated cardstock, 14-16 pt; laminated gloss or matte for wiping
- Construction
- One-piece tent with a base panel; tab locks into a slot, no glue
- Sizes
- 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and 4 x 9 in faces; custom up to letter size
Order online
Order regular slot table tents
Starting from $0.75 per unit
Printed to your artwork or plain, sold in runs of 100 up to 5,000 units per product online. Freight to the US, UK, Canada and Australia is inside the price.
How an online order runs
- Add the units you needThen check out with your delivery address. Add other products to the same order on the way.
- A digital proof comes backLaid on the dieline, before anything prints. Change it as often as you need.
- Pay once you approve itPay by PayPal invoice or bank transfer after you approve your digital proof, or cash on delivery in the US and Canada.
- We make it and ship it deliveredYour delivery date is confirmed with the proof, against the spec and your fill date. Freight and customs are handled on the way to you.
Another size, board or finish, or more than 5,000 units? Send the spec for a price instead. Freight by market and our terms cover delivery and remakes.
Get a price for Regular Slot Table Tents
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Three panels, one tab, one slot
The card is cut as a single strip. Two printed faces sit side by side, with a narrow base panel on one end carrying a tab and a matching slot cut along the far edge. Fold on the two scores, bring the ends together, push the tab through the slot, and the triangle is closed. A server can set out fifty in a few minutes, and the cards pack and ship flat.
Because the base is closed, the tent sits on its own footprint instead of two thin edges, and it does not slide when a table is wiped.
Regular slot sizes
| 4 x 6 in faces | Café tables, bar tops, dessert and drink specials |
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| 5 x 7 in faces | The common restaurant menu tent; room for prices and photos |
| 4 x 9 in faces | Tall narrow tents for drink lists, desserts and QR codes |
| Custom | Any face size up to letter, with the base panel sized to match |
"Regular" separates these from large slot tents, which are built from separate panels. For bigger displays see our large slot table tents in the same range.
Menu faces that get read across a table
- Front face for the main message: tonight’s special, a dessert photo, a happy hour.
- Back face for the person on the other side of the table, often a different offer.
- Base panel printed too, for a QR code or a short line people see when they lift the card.
- Large prices and short item names: a tent is read from about two feet away.
Card weight and finish
Slot tents are printed on 14 to 16 pt coated cardstock. The tab has to go through the slot without tearing and the panels have to stay flat, so anything thinner curls. A gloss or matte laminate on both faces lets staff wipe the card between tables; uncoated stock is for single-event use. Wipe-down and menu versions for restaurants are covered on our table tents for restaurant service page.
Changing the menu without reprinting everything
Restaurants that change specials monthly usually order several versions of the same slot tent at once, one design per month or per location, printed together in one run. Each version counts toward the 100 total when the size and stock are the same. Every style we make, from slot tents to no-cut cards, sits in our full table tents collection.
Regular Slot Table Tents — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Stock
- Coated cardstock, 14-16 pt; laminated gloss or matte for wiping
- Construction
- One-piece tent with a base panel; tab locks into a slot, no glue
- Sizes
- 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and 4 x 9 in faces; custom up to letter size
- Full color on both faces and the base panel
- Supplied
- Flat, scored and die-cut, ready to fold
- Minimum
- 100 tents, versions combined in one run
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. Both sides as standard on cards, tags and leaflets.
- Color
- CMYK with spot colors for a brand match. Uncoated and cotton stocks print noticeably lighter than coated ones.
- Tolerance
- Trim plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut. Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding.
- Tooling
- A die only where the piece is shaped, perforated or drilled, made once and kept. A plain rectangle needs none.
- Food contact
- Food-safe inks on menus and counter print that will be handled where food is served.
- Sustainability
- Uncoated and unlaminated stocks recycle without separation, and FSC papers are available across the range.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build regular slot table tents on
Sheet print is judged in the hand more than a box is: the weight, the surface and whether a pen works on it. These are the stocks we run for cards, folders, leaflets and stationery.
Coated card 300–400gsm
The workhorse. Sharp full-color print, matte or gloss, laminated where it is handled. Does not take a pen unless the finish is matte.
300–400gsmUncoated card
No clay coat. Colors read softer and warmer, a deboss goes deeper, and it writes on with anything. Photographs lose punch.
300–400gsmCotton and textured card
Soft, thick and fibrous. Takes a deep blind deboss and reads as an invitation. Foil sits beautifully; four-color does not.
400–700gsmDuplexed card
Two sheets bonded, often with a colored core, for a very thick card with a visible colored edge. The heaviest thing we print.
600–900gsmText paper 100–170gsm
Leaflets, folder inners and booklet pages. Folds without cracking and takes a full-color print on both faces.
100–170gsmManila and kraft paper
Unbleached, tan, and cheap. One or two colors read well; white ink gives a light mark. Envelopes, folders and tags.
90–300gsmSynthetic stock
Polypropylene sheet for tags and cards that get wet, torn or handled outdoors. Prints like paper and does not soften.
200–400 micronBoard-backed
A printed face laminated to grayboard, for a rigid card, a folder back or a display that has to stand up on its own.
1–2 mm boardNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Sheet print takes the widest range of finishes of anything we make.
Matte lamination
Soft, fingerprint-resistant, and it still takes a pen. The default on anything handled.
Gloss lamination
Maximum color depth. Shows every fingerprint and refuses a ballpoint.
Hot foil
Gold, rose gold, silver, holographic or a color. The block is small so the die is cheap.
Emboss and deboss
Deepest on uncoated and cotton stocks; shallow and prone to cracking on gloss coated.
Spot UV
A gloss shape on a matte laminate. Best on a dark ground where the contrast reads.
Edge paint and colored core
Color on the cut edge of a thick or duplexed card. Only seen when the card is picked up, which is the point.
Soft-touch
A velvet laminate on a cover or a folder. Marks on white; excellent on dark.
Uncoated and textured
No film at all. Writes on, debosses deeply, and reads as considered rather than cheap.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing printed sheets, folds and the grain: regular slot table tents
A printed piece is specified flat and finished folded, and the difference between the two is where mistakes live. Send the finished size you want and we work back to the flat.
- Finished size
- The size after folding and trimming. A6, A5, A4, DL, US letter and legal are standard; anything else is cut on its own die.
- Bleed and safe area
- 3 mm of artwork past every trim edge, and nothing important within 4 mm inside it. The guillotine drifts by a fraction on every stack.
- Grain direction
- Paper folds cleanly along the grain and cracks across it. We set the grain to the fold, which is why a sheet is not simply cut from the biggest sheet available.
- Fold allowance
- On a roll fold or a gate fold, the inner panels are cut a millimeter or two shorter so the piece closes flat.
- Creasing
- Anything over about 170gsm is creased before folding. Without it the fold cracks and the coating flakes along the line.
- Trim tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm guillotined, plus or minus 0.5 mm die-cut.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Spec your Regular Slot Table Tents
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a stock and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about regular slot table tents? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
What is a regular slot table tent?
It is a one-piece tent card with a base panel, where a tab on one end locks into a slot on the other so the card stands as a closed triangle.
How is a regular slot table tent different from a folded tent card?
A folded tent card is held only by its crease and flattens with use. A regular slot table tent locks closed and keeps its angle.
What is the difference between regular and large slot table tents?
Regular slot table tents are one piece with a small tab lock. Large slot tents are built from separate panels for bigger displays.
What size are regular slot table tents?
The common sizes are 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and 4 x 9 in faces. We cut custom sizes up to letter size.
Do regular slot table tents need glue or tape?
No. The tab pushes through the slot and the card holds itself closed.
Can all sides of a regular slot table tent be printed?
Yes. Both faces and the base panel print in full color, so the base can carry a QR code or a short message.
Can regular slot table tents be wiped clean?
Yes, with a gloss or matte laminate on the faces. That is the usual choice for restaurant tables.
What cardstock is used for regular slot table tents?
Coated cardstock from 14 to 16 pt, which is stiff enough for the tab lock and does not curl.
Can I order several menu versions of regular slot table tents?
Yes. Different designs in the same size and stock print together and count toward one 100-piece order.
How do regular slot table tents arrive?
Flat, die-cut and scored, so staff fold and lock each one at the table in a few seconds.
Can regular slot table tents be used outside restaurants?
Yes. Hotels, clinics, offices and event venues use them for room information, check-in steps and QR codes.
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