SMART-51 Series Card Printer

Product Features

Elevate your Print Quality w/ FINE™ Imaging Technology

300dpi (Color), 600, 1200dpi (Mono only)

Edge-to-Edge Full Color Printing

Professional Series Dye-Sublimation Printer (Rugged Metal-Framed Construction)

Automatic Card Feeding

Over 211 cards per Hour

3-Year Advance Exchange Warranty

Optional Accessories

659366

YMCKO Full Color Ribbon w/ Resin Balck & Overlay

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659367

K Resin Black Ribbon w/ Cleaning Roller

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659370

W Resin White Ribbon w/ Disposable Cleaning Roller

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The IDP SMART-51 durable metal-framed card printer is a reliable solution for exceptional card production, offering a perfect blend of durability and cutting-edge technology for full-color or monochrome cards. This robust printer simplifies your experience with optional features like duplex printing, laminating, and ethernet connectivity. Ideal for various applications, the SMART-51 excels in producing corporate IDs, access control badges, and student IDs, thanks to its metal frame ensuring better print quality, higher throughput, prolonged printer life, and reduced shipping damages.

Take speed to the next level with high-speed printing, featuring a 200-card input hopper and monochrome printing with magnetic encoding of over 600 cards per hour. Enhance security with SMART-51 Series features like security lamination, UV, and SMARTMark printed security, and options for keyed consumables and Kensington® type locks. Choose from multiple encoding options, including magnetic stripe, contact, and contactless smart cards, with the SMART-51 Series going further with IDP’s OpenMag driver for legacy compatibility. The IDP SMART-51—where durability meets brilliance, reliability, and advanced security.

Print TypeDye-Sublimation
Print AreaEdge to Edge
Resolution300dpi (Color), 600, 1200dpi (mono only)
Card FeedingAutomatic
Card SizeISO CR80 or CR79 (Option-Factory Installed)
Card Thickness0.38mm (15mil) – 1.0mm (40mil)
Card Type PVC, PET, Composite PVC
Monochrome5 sec./card (720 cards/hour)
YMCKOMax. 17 sec./card (212 cards/hour)
Memory64MB RAM
Control Panel2 LED Buttons
CommunicationUSB/Ethernet, SNMPv3 (Option), WiFi (Option)
Power SupplyDC 24V
Power Consumption48W
Temperature/Humidity15~35ºC/35~70%
Product Dimensions (Inch WxLxH)6.5″ W x 15.4″ L x 8.3″ H
Weight (lbs)10 (lbs)
Encoding Mag Read/ Write, HiCo/ LoCo), JIS II
Contact: ISO 7816 (ID-1) Contactless: DESFIRE, iCLASS, Prox*
CertificationsCB, CE FCC, KC, CCC
Supported PlatformsMS Windows 10/11, Mac OS, Linux

 

Printer Ordering Information

651398K SMART-51S, Simplex Printer, USB, 1 YMCKO ribbon, 100 cards, 1 cleaning card, SMART
iDesigner
651404K SMART-51S, Simplex Printer, USB & Eth, 1 YMCKO ribbon, 100 blank cards, 1
cleaning card, SMART iDesigner
651399K SMART-51D, Duplex Printer, USB, 1 YMCKOK ribbon, 100 blank cards, 1 cleaning card,
SMART iDesigner
651406K SMART-51D, Duplex Printer, USB & Eth, 1 YMCKOK ribbon, 100 blank cards, 1
cleaning card, SMART iDesigner

Laminating Printer Ordering Information

651400K SMART-51L, Duplex Lamin. Printer, USB, 1 YMCKO ribbon, 1 Laminate, 100 cards, 1
cleaning card, SMART iDesigner
651410K SMART-51L, Duplex Lamin. Printer, USB /Eth, 1 YMCKO ribbon, 1 Laminate, 100 cards,
1 cleaning card, SMART iDesigner

Other configurations are available, please contact your sales person for more information

Common Ink Ribbon Ordering Information

659366 YMCKO Full-color, resin black and overlay panel ribbon with cleaning roller, 250 cards/roll
659376 YMCKOK Full-color, two resin black and overlay panel ribbon with cleaning roller, 200 cards/roll
659380 YMCFKO Full-color and UV panel ribbon with cleaning roller, 200 cards/roll
653307 YMCPKO Full-color and Pearlescent panel ribbon with cleaning roller, 200 cards/roll

Common Laminate Ordering Information

659390 Clear patch type laminate film, 1mil (25mic), standard, 250 cards/roll
659392 Hologram patch type laminate film, 1mil (25mic), “Globe Flags”, 250 cards/roll

Other consumables are available, please contact your sales person for more information

SMART-31 Series

Professional printing at an entry-level price – ideal for small organizations

SMART-21 Series

The smallest, fastest, and best value ID Card Printer its in-class

SMART-70 Series

High Capacity / High Speed modular printer for professional production

SMART-81 Series

Reinventing Retransfer Printing with Patented RRP Technology
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Review for SMART-21

Great print quality and customer support!

Review for SMART-21

love my printer, its awesome!!!

Review for SMART-21

Overall, the printer is very good. The software didn’t install on an older OS as stated, but when moved to a modern machine it worked perfectly. The manual seems translated into English and isn’t very good, but the software itself isn’t too hard to figure out. For the price, it is the best value that I have seen. Overall, we are very pleased with the product.

Review for SMART-21

We are a small business that needed an ID bade printer. We purchased the SMart 21 printer. It was relatively easy to set up and the assistance from IDP was phenomenal. I made the right choice with this badge printer!

Review for SMART-21

ottimo prodotto, semplicemente …perfetto

Review for SOLID-210

Great printer for Casino’s Pit area, Guest Services, Hotel. Cruise Ship application for Guest Services, on-board casino

Review for SMART-21

Absolutely love the printers. Easy to use easy to maintain. Built for longevity and durability.

Review for SMART-21

OG muy chida me gusto mucho

Review for SMART-31

The pictures and photographs print perfectly on this Smart-31 printer. To print on both sides, however, it is best to choose the print all feature and manually flip the two cards to print the back and front again. Overall, the printer is worth the price for small capacity printing.

Review for SMART-81

The production staff are really happy with the printer and its speed. Before the SMART-81, we were using a different brand that was supposed to be very fast, but it was just troublesome and not worth it. We are happy with our switch to the SMART-81