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SATO Plug-In Interface Cards

All SATO Industrial Printers use Plug-In Interface Cards fro maximum flexibility. They can be easily changed in the field in a matter of seconds to accommodate any of the commonly used host interfaces.

 

IEEE1284 - High-Speed Parallel

Connector
Standard Centronics 36 Pin (Female)

Transmission Speed
Up to 450k bytes per second

Port Type Compatibility
ECP/Bi-Directional compatible

Printer Cable Type
IEEE1284 Compliant Parallel (cable not included)

Max. Printer Cable Length
10 feet (3 meters)

USB - Universal Serial Bus

Connector
Standard Type B

Port Compatibility
USB 1.0 on a PC running Windows 98 or 2000 only

Transmission Speed
Up to 12 MBits per second

Printer Cable Type
USB A/B (6 feet cable supplied with interface)

Max Cable Length
6 feet to printer or Hub; up to 127 devices may be daisy chained using USB Hubs

USB Software
Software/drivers supplied on a CD - Plug & Play Compatible

Serial Interfaces

RS232- High-Speed

Connector
Standard DB-25S (Female)

Settings via dip switch on the board
Baud Rates: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600

Communications Protocols
Ready/Busy, Xon/Xoff, SATO Status, 2, 3, and 4

Printer Cable Type
NULL MODEM cable when connected to standard PC RS232C port. (Cable not included)

Max Printer Cable Length
50 feet at up to 19,200 baud rate.
Determined by cable quality and baud rate. Refer to the ANSI-EIA RS232C spec for more info.

RS422/485

Connector
2 Standard DB-9 (Female)
Supports Multi-Drop of up to 32 printers

Settings via dip switch on the board
Baud Rates: 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
Parity: ODD, EVEN, NONE
Stops Bits: 1 or 2 / Date Bits: 7 to 8

Communication Protocols
Ready/Busy, Xon/Xoff, SATO Status 3

Printer Cable Type
RS4222/485 Standard Cable (cable not included)

Max. Printer Cable Length
3,900 feet

Ethernet Connections

General Ethernet Specifications

Protocols Supported
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Direct Mode IPX/IP, DLC/LLC, NetBEUI, NetBIOS/IP

Supports Materials
- Printed Quick Start Guide
- CD incl. Adminstrators Manual (PDF), XAdmin Utility Software, Port Monitor Software

Compatibility
HP's JetAdmin and Web JetAdmin printer management software

Note: All protocols are simultaneously active Management
- WP-Admin utility for easy configuration from Windows
- HP JetAdmin NetWare and TCP/IP Windows-based utility
- XAdmin TCP/IP Windows-based utility
- Web-XAdmin web-browsed facility (incl. multilingual capability)
- HP Web JetAdmin Windows software
- Print server console accessible via serial port, TELNET or NetWare, NetWare PCONSOLE, PRINTDE, NWADMIN
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) MIB I & II, IP or IPX
Other Features
- IP address configuration via serial port, arp, rarp, DHCP, BOOTP, XAdmin utility, HP JetAdmin, NetWare and DEC MOP
- Automate detection of NetWare frame type can be forced
- On-line HELP
- Sophisticated diagnostics, incl. protocol tracing & crash dump
- Test page and factory reset switch

10BaseT / 100BaseTX

Connector
RJ45 on the interface (100Base TX & 10BaseT)

Cabling
CAT5 (Cabling not included)

Incl. SATO WPCPlus Web-Based Server
SATO's new WPCPlus provides unparalleled control over your barcode printing application from virtually anywhere.

Features
- Printer Setting Control
- Real Time Printer Status
- Easy Access via Internet

802.11b Wireless

Variable Data Rates
11, 5.5, 2, and 1MBps

Frequency Band
2.4GHz ISM Band

Wired Equivalent Privacy
128-bit, 64-bit (compatible with 40-bit), none

Sensitivity Type
AWGN, 8E-2 PER

Sensitivity Rates
- 91dBm at 1Mbps, -88dBm at 2 Mbps
- 87dBm at 5.5Mbps, -84dBm at 11Mbps

Range
100m Indoor, 300m Outdoor

External Print Server
100baseTX/10baseT print server w/1 parallel & 1 serial port & TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, NetBIOS IP, DLC/LLC, Direct Mode IP/IPX.

Physical
2.5" (6.4cm) x 1" (2.5cm) x 4.4" (11.2cm)

Electrical

Input Power
1A@5VDC/

External Power Supply
115VAC (U.S.)

I/O Compatibility
IEEE1284 bi-directional Centronics-parallel (36-pin Centronics 1284B female connector) RS232 serial port (RJ45 connector) with program selectable baud rates to 57.6k bps

Twinax/Coax

For all SATO printers that support plug-in interfaces

Converter
EBCDIC to ASCII data stream translations

Connector
Supplied with Twinax and Coax connector

Twinax Printer Emulations
IBM 5225, 5256, 4214, 3812/5219

Coax Printer Emulations
IBM 3287, 3262

Multiple Host Attachments
IBM Twinaxial (S/3x & AS400) / Coaxial (3174 & 3274 Controllers)

 

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