Custom Printed LanyardsPatches Designs
We produce custom-printed lanyards for staff identification, events, and schools, with full-colour printing, safety breakaways, and a full range of clips and fittings.
- Full Colour Printing
- Safety Breakaway Option
- Multiple Widths & Fittings
- Badge Holders Available
Our Custom Printed Lanyards
Why Choose Custom Printed Lanyards
Branding On Every Person
A lanyard puts your name at chest height on every member of staff, all day, every day.
Safety Built In
Breakaway fittings release under pressure, which matters wherever lanyards are worn daily.
Customisable Designs
Choose your width, length, colours, clip type, and accessories to suit how it will be used.
Dye Sublimation VS Screen Printing
Colour & Artwork
- Dye Sublimation: Unlimited colours, gradients, and photographic artwork printed edge to edge.
- Screen Printing: Best with one to three solid spot colours and no gradients or fine shading.
Print Durability
- Dye Sublimation: Dye bonds into the fibres, so the print cannot crack, peel, or wear off.
- Screen Printing: Ink sits on the surface, which holds well but can show wear over heavy daily use.
Coverage
- Dye Sublimation: Prints both sides and the full width, including the background colour.
- Screen Printing: Prints onto a pre-dyed ribbon, so the background is limited to stock colours.
Cost & Quantity
- Dye Sublimation: Priced the same regardless of how many colours the artwork contains.
- Screen Printing: Charged per colour, so it is cheapest for simple one-colour logos at volume.
Why Choose Custom Printed Lanyards
Dye Sublimated Lanyards
Full colour printing bonded into the fabric, front and back. The right choice for detailed logos, sponsor rows, and any artwork with gradients or more than three colours in it.
Screen Printed Lanyards
A solid spot-colour logo printed onto a coloured polyester ribbon. The most economical option for simple branding at higher quantities, and still the volume standard.
Woven Lanyards
The design is woven into the ribbon rather than printed onto it, giving a textured finish that will not wear off. Suited to simple text and logos where a premium feel is wanted.
Eco & Recycled Lanyards
Produced from recycled RPET or bamboo fibre and printed the same way as standard polyester. Increasingly requested by public sector buyers and organisations reporting on procurement.
Staff ID & Access Control
Branded lanyards holding access cards and ID badges, which makes staff identifiable to visitors and lets security see credentials without asking for them.
Events & Exhibitions
Delegate, exhibitor, and crew lanyards are colour-coded by access level, printed with event branding and sponsor logos across the full length of the ribbon.
Schools & Healthcare
Settings where daily wear makes a safety breakaway essential rather than optional, supplied with quick-release fittings and durable badge holders.
Why Choose The Custom Patches For Custom Printed Lanyards
The Custom Patches advises on width, fitting, and safety features against how the lanyard will actually be used, rather than taking an order and letting you discover the clip was wrong once five hundred have arrived.
We use durable polyester and quality fittings so clips do not fail and print does not fade through months of daily wear. Recycled material options are available across the full range.
Our team proofs your artwork at actual print size, confirms the fittings and accessories before production, and handles both single-site orders and multi-location distribution.
Custom Printed Lanyards For Apparel
Refine your order with a range of options so the lanyard suits how it will be worn. Choose your width, fittings, safety features, and accessories to match.
Widths & Lengths
Available from 10mm to 25mm wide, with 20mm the most ordered because it carries a logo comfortably. Detailed artwork or sponsor rows need 20mm or more to stay legible at arm's length.
Clips & Fittings
Choose a swivel clip, J-hook, bulldog clip, trigger clip, key ring, or carabiner. Fitting choice depends on what is being held, and a card holder needs a different clip from a set of keys.
Safety Features
A breakaway at the neck releases under pressure, and a quick release buckle lets the badge be removed without taking off the lanyard. Both are recommended wherever lanyards are worn all day.
Accessories & Add-Ons
Add rigid or flexible card holders, retractable badge reels, phone holders, or double-ended clips. Accessories are usually what determines whether a lanyard is actually used as intended.
Frequently Asked Questions
A safety breakaway is a fitting at the back of the neck that separates under pressure, so the lanyard releases rather than pulling tight if it is caught. It is strongly recommended anywhere lanyards are worn throughout the day, and in schools, healthcare settings, and many workplaces it is treated as a requirement rather than an option. We fit them as standard unless you ask us not to.
20 mm suits most logos and is the most ordered width. 10mm and 15mm work for simple text or a compact mark, while 25 mm is worth choosing if your artwork carries fine detail, a long name, or a row of sponsor logos. Send us the artwork and we will confirm what it needs.
Badge holders are supplied separately and chosen to match the clip. Rigid holders protect cards better and suit daily use, flexible wallets are lighter and cheaper for events, and retractable reels suit anyone tapping a card on a reader repeatedly. We will recommend based on how the badge is used.
Printed lanyards carry a minimum order, and unit pricing improves considerably across quantity breaks, which is why most customers order for a full site or event rather than a department. Send us your quantity and specification and we will confirm both the minimum and the break points.
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