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CX400 Technical Manual (Rev 1.00)
SATO /ARGOX Technical Documentation
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1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Scope:
This Technical manual covers the information for properly maintaining SATO CX 400 Label Printer,
such as, “ Printer specification”,“Trouble Shooting Guide”, “Option Accessory Installation “,” Spare Parts List”,
“Set up & Diagnosis“, “working theorem” and so on. For the issues related to soft ware, please refer to “Programmer
Manual”
Related manuals:
n User’s manual
n Programmer’s manual
2.Printer Specification
2.1 Electronic
CPU …………………………………………………... Hitachi SH7034
CLOCK ……………………………………………… 20 M Hz ( 26 MIPS )
Panel ………………………………………………… 1 Green LED for Power & 1 Red LED for Error Indication, 1 Feed Button
DRAM……………………………………………….. 1 M word
Flash ROM …………………………………………. 1 M word ( 2 x 1 M byte )
Sensors……………………………………………… 1. I-mark( Reflective ) and Gap(See-Through) Sensor for detecting the index
on media
2. Ribbon, Dispenser Sensor
3. Printer Head Open Sensor
Power Input…………………………………………. RMS 19V AC Input to the Power Jack on Printer
Power Consumption in printing …………………. 70 Watt .
Power Consumption in Standby…………………… Less than 2 Watt
Regulatory Approvals……………………………….. FCC Class B,CE, TUV,CCC,UL
Additional Memory …………………………………. 2 M or 4 M byte Flash ROM
2.2 Printing
Method : Thermal Transfer and Direct thermal
Resolution : 203 dots/inch (8 dots/mm)
Max print width : 4.1”(104mm)
Max print length : 1270 mm ( 50 inches )
Print speed : 1,2,3,4 inches per second specified by SATO printer command .
This Printer might slow down the printing speed to 3~2 IPS or pause printing upon Stepping
Motor or Print Head is over-heat. Printing will be resumed to the specified speed when Motor or Print
Head is cooled down again. Normally the mechanism for over-heat protection will be NOT activated
before 2 rolls of labels (more than 150 meters l ong.) are printed out consecutively in 4 IPS mode.
2.3 Fonts
Text fonts: Compatible with all SATO CL printers Code Page 858,
Others available. U;S; M; WB; WL; XU; XS; XM; XB; XL; OCR-A/B;
Outline Font (50 ~ 999 dots)
Rotation: 0, 90, 180, 270 degree, 4 direction rotation
2.4 Bar code
UPC A/E, EAN8/13, EAN128, Code39, Code93, MSI, I25, M25, Postnet
Bookland, Code 128, UCC 128, Codabar, MaxiCode, PDF417