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Regular table tents are the standard tent fold. A single card folded into a triangle or A-frame that stands on its own and shows a printed panel on each visible side. They're the format most restaurants reach for to promote a daily special, seasonal drink or upsell item without redoing the full menu, and the same fold works for reserved-table signs, event agendas and small retail promotions. Because they're freestanding, the card stock needs enough weight to hold its shape after repeated handling and, in a restaurant setting, occasional contact with spills.
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A regular table tent is the fold most people picture when they hear the term: a single card creased down the middle and folded into a triangle or A-frame shape, standing upright on a table with a printed panel visible from each side. It's the simplest and most common table tent format, which makes it the default choice whenever a business needs a freestanding print piece without a lot of production complexity.
Restaurants and bars are the most frequent users, typically rotating a regular table tent to promote a daily or seasonal special, a new drink, or an upsell item without reprinting the full menu. The same fold works well beyond food service. Reserved-table signage for private events, small agenda cards for meetings and conferences, and point-of-sale promotions in retail settings where a freestanding card can sit on a counter.
Because both sides face different directions once the tent is folded and standing, each panel is visible only from certain seats or angles. Worth keeping in mind when deciding whether both sides carry the same message or two different ones. Card stock needs enough weight to hold its crease and stay upright through regular handling; in restaurant and bar settings, a laminate or water-resistant coating adds real durability against spills and the occasional wipe-down.
Ordering considerations are straightforward: decide on one message or two before the design goes to print, choose a stock weight based on how long the tent will stay in rotation (a single-event promotion can use lighter stock than something meant to last through a season), and order enough to cover every table with a few spares for replacements. Since this is the simplest table tent format, it also tends to be the fastest and least expensive of the three to produce.
A table tent is a self-supporting structure made of paper, which is an unusual demand. It has to stand up under its own weight without a base, on a surface that gets knocked, wiped and leaned on. Cover weights from 300gsm are the practical floor. Below that the tent sags and folds over, which is the failure everyone has seen on a restaurant table.
Why does my table tent keep falling over? Stock too light for the height. A tall tent on 300gsm bows at the fold. Go heavier or make it shorter.
Every face is printed, because a table tent is seen from all sides at once by people sitting around it. That distinguishes it from almost every other format. There is no back. A design that works on one face and leaves another blank is wasting the position, since roughly half the table is looking at the side you neglected.
Should every side carry the same thing? Not necessarily. Different offers per face works well. But no face should be blank, because someone is looking at it.
Table tents live on eating surfaces, which means spills, wipes and greasy fingers. Lamination is what makes one survivable rather than disposable. It can be wiped clean, and it stiffens the structure noticeably, which helps a tall tent stay upright. On a short promotional run an uncoated tent is fine; on anything that stays out for a season it is not.
Does lamination help it stand? Yes, noticeably. The film adds stiffness as well as protection, which matters more on taller tents.
The structure comes entirely from scoring and folding, so score accuracy is what decides whether the tent stands square or leans. The base is either a glued or tabbed flap holding the form closed, or an open A-frame relying on the fold angle alone. A glued base is more stable; an open frame ships and stores flat and assembles by hand.
Glued or self-assembled? Glued is steadier and arrives ready to use. Self-assembled ships flat, which matters if you are storing hundreds.
A single card folded into a triangle or A-frame, standing on its own and showing a printed face to either side of the table. It is the simplest and cheapest tent, and for a promotion aimed at people seated opposite one another it shows the message to both of them, which is usually all that is required.
Is two faces enough? For two people facing each other, yes. On a round table where guests sit at angles, a third face stops someone seeing an edge.
Ask for a folded sample before a run. Whether a tent stands square on a real table is a structural property no proof can show.
Fold lines pressed into the stock before folding. On a table tent the scores are structural rather than cosmetic. They set the fold angles, and an inaccurate score is why a tent leans or will not close square.
A bonded film that lets the tent be wiped clean on an eating surface and adds real stiffness to the structure. On anything staying out for a season it is the difference between reusable and disposable.
A glued or tabbed base holding the form closed. Glued tents arrive ready to stand and are steadier; tabbed ones ship flat and assemble by hand, which saves substantially on storage and freight.
A shaped top edge or a cut-out following a logo or product outline. On a table full of rectangles it is the most effective way to make the tent read as designed rather than as a folded card.
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| Table tent | From | Faces | Order it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Table Tents | $190 | Two faces, A-frame | Guests sit opposite one another |
| Tri Panel Table Tents | $290 | Three faces, rigid base | Round tables and bar tops |
| Custom Table Tents | $250 | Your size, panels or shape | Tall, shaped or nonstandard |
For two people sitting opposite one another, yes. Both see a printed face and nothing is wasted. On a round table where guests sit at varying angles, someone will end up looking at the edge, which is what the three-panel format solves.
Almost always stock too light for the height. A tall tent on 300gsm bows at the fold and tips. Either go heavier or make the tent shorter. Those are the only two levers.
Not necessarily. Different offers on each face works well and effectively doubles what the position does. What does not work is leaving one face blank, since half the table is looking at it.
Glued is steadier and arrives ready to place. Self-assembled ships and stores flat, which matters if you are holding hundreds across multiple sites and putting them out in batches.
Pricing for regular table tents starts at $190 and moves with quantity, size, material and finish rather than sitting on a fixed list. Setup is shared across the run, so the per-unit price drops steeply as the quantity rises: the gap between a few hundred and a few thousand is usually the significant one. Send the size, quantity and what it has to do and you get a firm figure back, not a range.
There is a practical minimum rather than a hard one. Every run carries artwork checks, a proof and a press setup, so a very small quantity of regular table tents prices poorly per unit even though we will still make it. If you are ordering a small batch, ask for pricing at two or three quantities at once: the curve usually shows that a modest increase costs very little more in total.
The clock starts when you approve the proof, not when the order is placed, which is the part most people are surprised by. You get a proof first: a digital proof of every face laid out flat with score lines marked, plus a folded sample where the structure is unusual. A blank face is caught here, and it is the most common table-tent oversight. Turnaround after approval depends on the finish: anything laminated, foiled or die-cut adds a stage that cannot be compressed without causing problems later. Tell us the date you actually need them and we will work backwards from it rather than quoting a generic lead time.
Print-ready artwork with bleed and a safe margin, supplied as a PDF, AI or EPS. Photographic elements should be supplied at the resolution the finished size needs, not the resolution that looks sharp on screen. If your file is not print-ready, say so when you order. We would rather fix it before the proof than after the run.
Yes. Two faces, A-frame fold is the standard build, and the dimensions around it are yours to set. A size that sits efficiently on the press sheet often costs no more than a standard one, while an awkward proportion that wastes half the sheet does. Ask before you commit and we will tell you whether a small change to the dimensions saves a disproportionate amount.
In most cases they are the same product under a different name: the trade uses several terms for it depending on the region and the supplier. What actually defines this one is the build: two faces, a-frame. Order it when guests sit opposite one another. If you have seen it called regular table tents printing elsewhere, describe what it has to do rather than which name you found, and we will match the specification.
Yes. We provide free samples, and on regular table tents it is worth asking for one, because the difference between cover weight and heavy cover is obvious in the hand and invisible on a screen. Most orders run on heavy cover, but ask for whichever you are weighing up. You also get a free design proof before anything goes to press, so nothing is printed that you have not seen.
The usual choices are scoring, lamination, gluing and tabs. Finish is not decoration on this product so much as a decision about how long it survives and how it reads in the hand, so it is worth choosing against the job rather than the budget. Tell us where the finished piece ends up and we will say which finish is doing real work and which is only adding cost.
Yes, and that is what almost every order here is. Nothing in this catalogue is a stock item: regular table tents are manufactured to the specification you give us, with your artwork on them. Send your logo as vector artwork where you have it, since that scales to any size without softening. If all you have is a low-resolution file, tell us and we will say what it needs before it reaches the press.
Yes, and a repeat run is simpler than the first one. We keep your approved specification on file, so a reorder skips the setup decisions and goes straight to production. If nothing about the artwork or the specification has changed, there is nothing to re-approve. Tell us the previous order and we will match it rather than starting the specification again.
Yes. Regalo Print has been producing custom commercial print for businesses across the USA and Canada since 2008, and every order ships tracked. The tracking number reaches you the day the job leaves, not the day it arrives. If you are working to a fixed date, say so when you order so the production schedule is built around the delivery date rather than the other way round.
