Evolis Primacy / Primacy 2 / Zenius — PVC card printing setup

Printer setup › Evolis Primacy / Primacy 2 / Zenius

Printers: Evolis Primacy, Primacy 2, Zenius, Badgy

1. Install the printer driver

Download the driver for your exact model and Windows version from the maker’s website: Evolis support & drivers ↗. After installing, print a Windows test page once to make sure the printer works.

2. Windows Printing preferences

1. Switch the printer on. Open Windows → Printers & scanners (Devices and Printers) → right-click your printer → Printing preferences.
2. The values below are a starting point for a double-side printer with a half-panel colour ribbon (colour on the photo side, black on the back). With a full-panel ribbon choose that ribbon and colour on both sides.
3. Set these options in Evolis — Options tab:

   Orientation

   Landscape

   Ribbon Type

   the loaded ribbon (half panel: short YMCKO-KO)

   Short Panel Management

   Personalised

   Duplex Mode

   Duplex Color / Monochrome

   Monochrome Resin Adjustment (front, back)

   11 if black text is light

4. Click Apply / OK so Windows remembers the settings. Repeat them if Windows creates a second copy of the printer on another USB port.

3. Settings in Print Perfect Ai

1. Set these options in Print Perfect Ai → App Settings → Printer & output:

   Select Printer Type

   Single Side or Double Side

   Select Printer Brand

   Evolis

   Select Printer Name

   your card printer

   Half Panel Ribbon

   tick for half-panel ribbon / pre-printed cards

2. Double Side sends front and back as one job — no card flipping. Back side upside down? Tick “Rotate back side 180°”.
3. The card always fills the whole card page of the driver, so there is no white edge.
4. In the software click Print test card. If the print sits a little off the card, correct it with X Offset / Y Offset (mm) and print again — the values are saved.