Wi-Fi guest cards in two minutes

Guests ask for the Wi-Fi password, you spell it out, they mistype it. A Wi-Fi card ends that: guests point their phone camera at the code and join the network. Printshop makes the cards in your browser — the password is not uploaded anywhere.

Open the template

1. Open the File menu and choose Templates….
2. Find Wi-Fi guest cards and press Open.

The preview on the right shows an A4 page with four cards. Every card has a QR code, the network name and the password in large letters.

Enter your own network

On the left you see the settings of the Wi-Fi card printable.

1. Under Network, type the name of your network into Network name (SSID). Copy it exactly, including capital letters and spaces.
2. Choose the Security your router uses. Most home and office networks use WPA, WPA2 or WPA3. For a network without a password choose Open network (no password).
3. Type the password into Password. The field hides what you type; press Show to check it.
4. Tick Hidden network only if your router does not broadcast the network name.

The preview redraws after every change. If the password does not fit the security type — WPA needs 8 to 63 characters — the preview shows a message that explains it instead of the cards.

Choose the cards

Under Cards you decide how the page looks:

• Cards per page: 1, 2, 4 or 8. Four cards fit a fridge or a reception desk; eight make small cards for hotel rooms.
• Print the password on the card: untick it if guests should only scan the code.
• Note on the card: a short line such as "Ask us if it does not work".
• Accent colour: the colour of the card's title.

Print at the right size

Open Export and choose Download PDF (all pages), or press the Download PDF button. Print the PDF at 100 % ("actual size"), never "fit to page". Each page has a test square in a corner: measure it with a ruler. If it is 20 mm wide (1 inch on US Letter), the cards came out at the right size.

Cut along the dashed outlines and test one card with two or three different phones before you print a stack.

Your password stays private

Printshop keeps the project in this browser and in project files you save yourself. When you use File → Share link…, the link leaves the password out — the dialog tells you so — and the receiver has to type it in again. The same applies to copies saved to Google Drive.

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