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Printed examples

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The Formada3D mark as an 80 mm plaque in Jade White, Black and Cobalt Blue PLA, straight off a Bambu Lab printer, no post-processing. Made in this studio, printed in Melbourne.

How a printed logo plaque is built

A rigid 3 mm plate carries your logo raised 1.2 mm on top, one body per colour, meeting the plate exactly at 3 mm so the AMS swaps filament on a clean layer with no overlap. The mark is auto-fitted inside the plate with a 4 mm margin. Add a keyhole for a single screw, or four stand-off holes for a reception wall or a trade-show stand.

Switch to Engraved 1.2 mm and the mark is cut into the plate instead: the plate is exported with a real 1.2 mm pocket for every colour and the colour bodies drop into those pockets flush with the top face. Nothing overlaps, so the STL and the multi-colour 3MF are both ready to slice — the single-colour STL is the pocketed plate on its own, which prints as a clean recessed logo in one filament.

Tap-to-open: the NFC tag pocket

Tick Add NFC tag pocket and the plate grows to 4.0 mm with a Ø25.6 × 1.4 mm recess in the back, leaving 2.6 mm of solid plate under the logo. It takes a standard 25 mm NTAG213 sticker — the cheap rolls sold everywhere. Print the plaque exactly as exported, mark side up, then peel the sticker and press it into the pocket when it comes off the bed; a phone reads it straight through the 2.6 mm of PLA. Point it at your website, your Google review page or a vCard. The pocket needs at least a 32 mm plate and stays clear of the mounting holes — the studio tells you if they clash.

NFC: what it can do

The tag holds one web address, and a tap opens it — no app, no QR code to line up. Range is 1–4 cm, so it only ever fires on purpose, and the tag stays rewritable, so you can point the same plaque somewhere new in half a minute.

• Restaurant and café tables — one plaque per table pointed at your digital menu, so guests tap to see it and, if your platform supports it, order and pay from the same link.
• Google reviews — a plaque at the counter that opens your review page while the customer is still happy.
• Guest Wi-Fi, bookings, a vCard, your Instagram or Linktree, a product or warranty page, a trade van pointed at your quote form.
• Tag the link with UTM parameters and you can see the taps in your analytics, per table or per location.

Read the full guide: NFC logo plaques — 31 uses and how they work →

What prints, and what doesn't

A 0.4 mm nozzle needs roughly 1.2 mm of width to lay a solid, durable line. Hairline serifs, thin rules and small registered-trademark marks disappear below that, so the studio measures the thinnest feature in your traced logo at the size you picked and tells you before you commit. If it warns, scale the plaque up or send us the file and we will thicken the fine parts by hand.

SVG beats a photo

An SVG is already outlines, so it traces exactly — strokes become filled bands, masks are cut out. A PNG or JPG is quantised into up to four ink colours and contour traced, which is very good on flat brand marks and poor on photographs, gradients and drop shadows. Everything happens in your browser: the logo file is never uploaded.

Business Logo Maker FAQ

What file do I need for a 3D printed logo?

An SVG is best because the outlines are already vectors. PNG and JPG work too: the Business Logo Maker traces them in your browser into up to four colour layers. Your file never leaves your computer.

How many colours can a printed logo plaque have?

Up to four logo colours plus the plate colour, printed on a Bambu Lab AMS. Each colour is a separate body in the 3MF, sitting exactly on top of the 3 mm plate with no overlap.

How small can the detail be?

Any line thinner than about 1.2 mm at your chosen size will not print cleanly. The studio measures the thinnest feature in your logo and warns you before you order, so you can scale the plaque up.

Can I add an NFC tag to a printed logo plaque?

Yes. Tick the NFC tag pocket option and the plate becomes 4.0 mm thick with a 25.6 x 1.4 mm round recess in the back that takes a standard 25 mm NTAG213 sticker. Print it as exported, stick the tag in afterwards, and a phone reads it through the 2.6 mm of PLA.

What can the NFC tag in a logo plaque do?

It opens one web address when a phone touches the plaque: your menu, your Google review page, a booking form, a Wi-Fi page, a vCard, an Instagram or Linktree profile, a product or warranty page. No app is needed on a modern phone, and because the tag is rewritable you can change where it points at any time.

Can I use an NFC logo plaque as a restaurant table plaque?

Yes — this is one of the most common uses. Put one plaque on each table pointed at your digital menu, and guests tap to open it. If your ordering platform serves the menu, the order and the payment from the same link, the same tap carries them all the way through. Give each table its own UTM campaign tag and you can see which tables actually get used.

Where are the logo plaques printed?

In Melbourne, printed to order on Bambu Lab printers in PLA and shipped Australia-wide in 3-5 days. You can also download the STL or multi-colour 3MF for free and print it yourself.

Can I download the file instead of ordering a print?

Yes. Download a merged STL for single-colour printing, or a 3MF with one object per colour that you can load straight into Bambu Studio or Orca and assign AMS filaments.