What is the difference between a public visitor and a guest?
A visitor is a public visitor who is expected to pay for their own printing. Refer visitors to Cardinal Print instructions for Guests and Visitors to follow the instructions of how to print.
A guest is someone invited to the university by faculty or staff and is not expected to pay for their printing, and who has a SUNet ID that allows them to badge in or log in to a Cardinal Print device.
To instruct a public visitor to print:
Refer visitors to Cardinal Print instructions for Guests and Visitors to follow the instructions of how to print.
To enable a guest to print with Cardinal print, you need to:
Your sponsored/invited guests with a SUNet ID can print on Cardinal Print by logging in manually at the device or with a sponsored Contractor-Vendor Card. Once they have a SUNet ID and password, you or your financial administrator must provide them with a printing allocation in the Cardinal Print Billing Allocation in OFWeb. Once they are set up they can follow the steps below to print.
Guest Printing Instructions
You must have a SUNet ID in order to access Cardinal Print, as well as a printing allocation for Cardinal Print. If you do not have a SUNet ID and password, you can follow up with your manager to request one. One you have a SUNet ID, you can follow these steps to print:
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Go to the Cardinal Print service page, and click “Students, Staff, Faculty: Log in to print center”.
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Upload the files you want to print and adjust the settings accordingly.
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Locate your nearest Cardinal Print device and tap the screen.
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Use the keypad to enter your SUNet ID and password, or if you have been provided a Contractor-Vendor card you can tap it on the card reader.
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Touch “Print” to view your printing queue and select the jobs you’d like to print.
For more information, visit How to Use Cardinal Print as a Guest.
A Note about Vendor-Contractor Cards for Sponsored Guests: Contactor-Vendor cards will work with Cardinal Print for anyone that is brand new to the university and has a sponsored SUnet ID provided at Contractor-Vendor help ticket submission. However, if the Contractor-Vendor has previously had an affiliation with the university like staff or student, their Contractor-Vendor card will not work with the Cardinal Print devices. As a workaround, Cardinal Print supports SUnet ID login at the device to print.
Stanford has three wireless networks available for guests:
- The Stanford Visitor wireless network, available for short-term sessions, is open to all Stanford visitors.
- The Stanford Wireless Guest network is open to guests who are sponsored by a Stanford community member and receive a guest account name and password. Guests can be sponsored for up to two weeks. Learn how to give a guest access to this network.
- The Eduroam wireless network is open to visitors who are affiliated with a participating university. Guests can log into this network with their university's credentials.
Visit Wireless Access for Stanford Visitors for more information about these options.
