Sharing The Product - SATO CL4NX Plus Driver Manual

5. Sharing the Product

You can share a product connected directly to a computer on the network with other computers.
Connecting When Using the Printer Driver with Sharing Settings
The figure below shows how to connect when using the printer driver with sharing settings.
LAN
PC-1
Set one computer (PC-0) as the print server and set other computers (PC-1, PC-2, PC-3 etc.) as
clients. All computers should be connected using LAN connection and the print server and product
should be connected via USB, Bluetooth, RS-232C or IEEE1284.
Procedure to Configure Printer Driver Sharing Settings
To use the printer driver with sharing settings, follow the steps below:
1. Install the printer driver on the print server and client computers.
Refer to "5.1 Installing the Printer Driver on the Print Server and Client Computers."
2. Confirm that a label can be output correctly from the product connected to the print server.
3. Configure the sharing settings on the product connected to the print server.
Refer to "5.2 Configuring Sharing Settings on the Print Server Printer."
4. Specify the product connected to the print server setup for sharing as the output destination port
for the client printer and turn off bidirectional communication on the client printer.
Refer to "5.3 Configuring Sharing Settings on the Client Printer."
Restrictions
When you use the printer driver with sharing settings, the following restrictions occur because
bidirectional communication is disabled on the client:
 Errors that occur on the product, such as "Paper End" and "Ribbon End", cannot be recognized.
 You cannot use [Get From Printer] and [Send To Printer] under [Configure Printer] on the [Printer
Properties] > [Driver Settings] tab in the printer driver.
 The settings you change on the [Printing Preferences] > [Printer Settings] tab in the printer driver
cannot be sent to the product (when the green check box is not selected).
PC-2 PC-3
Client
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USB
Bluetooth
RS-232C
IEEE1284
Product
LAN
PC-0
Print server