Overview
IDP 659389 BO Ribbon, 600 Prints
The IDP 659389 is a two-panel BO ribbon for SMART-31 and SMART-51 ID card printers. Its black (B) panel is dye-sublimation, not resin, so it prints grayscale-to-black photos and graphics with smooth shading, and the clear overlay (O) panel then protects the card. IDP recommends it for grayscale photo printing on blank or pre-printed cards when full color is not needed but the card has to last.
Each roll prints up to 600 single-sided cards. Printing both sides uses a B and O set per side, about 300 two-sided cards. The roll loads into the reusable ribbon cartridge that stays in your printer, and a new disposable cleaning roller comes in the box; replace the roller each time you load a new ribbon. SMART printers read an RFID tag on genuine IDP ribbons to recognize the ribbon type.
SMART-31 and SMART-51 ribbons do not fit the SMART-21, which takes its own ribbons, or the older SMART-30 and SMART-50. Specialist ID is an authorized IDP dealer.