Printing Prepaid Cards
How to print your prepaid cards, whether using an online print shop or by formatting your cards for printing in Microsoft Word.
Log into SputnikNet, then navigate to the prepaid authentication system overview.
Log into SputnikNet, then click on "Prepaid" from the Authentication menu.
Add a new prepaid authentication system or select an existing one.
Click on "Add New Authentication System" to do just that. Or, select your existing prepaid authentication system from the list (if you have just one, you will skip this step).
Download a prepaid card batch as a CSV file.
Select "Edit Settings" from the Authentication System menu. Scroll down, and select the prepaid card batch that you want to print. Click "Execute" to download the batch as a CSV file.
Save the file on your PC.
Find card printing services.
There are numerous card printing resources available online. A quick google search found more than a quarter million of them. Many of these allow you to upload codes for printing on scratch-off cards. Some will even generate the prepaid card codes for you, which you can upload to SputnikNet.
Using Microsoft Word's mail merge manager to create cards for printing.
You can use software such as Microsoft Word to create prepaid cards for printing. Launch Word and select the "Mail Merge Manager" from the "Tools" menu.
Select labels.
Click on "Create New" and select "Labels..." from the drop-down menu.
Select your preferred label format.
Business cards (at 2 x 3.5 inches) work well for pre-paid cards.
Prepare your CSV file for import.
IMPORTANT: Microsoft Word assumes the first line of your CSV file is a header row. If you intend to the codes in the first line, add a header row above it, for example: "login,password,continuous,time".
Open a data source for your labels.
Select your CSV file as a data source.
Insert login ID field into your labels.
The login ID field is the first field. Select it from the "Insert Merge Field" menu.
Insert password field into your labels.
The password field is the second field. Select it from the "Insert Merge Field" menu. Then click "OK".
NOTE: ignore the "M_" string. It simply indicates that the field is a number, and will not print.
Preview your results
Click on the preview icon to see your cards with the login ID codes.
Review your prepaid cards to make sure the login IDs imported correctly.
Apply designs to your prepaid cards.
Once your prepaid card codes are imported, you can apply design elements to the cards.
Test your pre-paid cards.
Log into a Sputnik-powered device using a captive portal that is assigned to your prepaid authentication system to test it out.