IDP Smart / Solid — PVC card printing setup

Printer setup › IDP Smart / Solid

Printers: IDP Smart-30, Smart-31, Smart-51, Smart-70, Solid-210, Solid-310, Solid-510

1. Install the printer driver

Download the driver for your exact model and Windows version from the maker’s website: IDP Corp ↗. 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 IDP — Layout tab:

   Orientation

   Landscape

   Page Order

   Front to Back

4. Set these options in IDP — Paper / Ribbon / Printing tab:

   Supply

   Auto

   Ribbon

   the loaded ribbon (half panel: hYMCKOKO)

   Resin (K)

   Black Objects

5. If Windows shows the printer with a warning although it is ready, printing still works — the software sends the job and the driver prints it.
6. 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

   IDP Solid (or Smart)

   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.