How to Determine Ribbon Level in a Rio Pro

If you need to know how many cards you have printed with your current ribbon, you can check this information through your Rio Pro printer driver. Knowing how many prints you have used can help you know when to reorder more supplies or if you have enough prints left for a batch print job.

Determine Ribbon Level

Navigate to your Devices and Printers folder, right-click on the Rio Pro printer and choose Printing Preferences and click on Printer Status.

Click on the Statistics tab.

The Ribbon Balance reports the number of prints left on the ribbon currently in the printer as reported from the ribbon’s RFID chip, which counts down the number of prints as cards are printed. The manufacturer may have included a couple of extra sets of panels to account for ribbon breakage/repair, but once it’s counted down to zero, the ribbon is considered empty.