I-O Corporation 5431b Bar Code Printer Serial Print Server for iSeries AS/400 and zSeries S/390

Overview

The I-O 5430b and 5431b Bar Code Print Servers are single-port, multi-protocol print servers designed to provide support for specialty printers, such as Zebra, Eltron, Genicom, Monarch, Sato, Datamax, Intermec as well as other bar code and specialty printers bar code label printers over Ethernet networks from IBM Power Systems, iSeries AS/400 and zSeries S/390 host systems. 

The 5430b & 5431b connect Barcode printers to your IBM Host over IP and configures them as true "Devices" with normal Out Queues, and not problematic Remote Out Queue printers.   This gives you optimal control of file spooling printer status (page range, out of paper, offline etc.).   The 5430b & 5431b connects Barcode printers with the same reliable, full function printing support as a direct Twinax-attached 5250 printer or Coax-attached 3270 printer.
If you need direct attachment as Twinax or Coax printers, click here for the I-O 4440 Twinax / Coax Thermal Bar Code Interface.

Highlights

• Connects one parallel printer (I-O 5430b) or one serial printer (I-O 5431b)

• Support of most proprietary Bar Code / Label printer languages

• 10 / 100 Mbps Ethernet LAN, auto sensing

• Multiple Host support (iSeries AS/400, Mainframe zSeries, Windows, Unix)

• Multiple LAN protocols (SNA, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBIOS)

• Host printing via Telnet (TN5250e and TN3270E), SNA (APPC) or AnyNet

• Simple, one step set-up (auto configuration) when using TN5250e or TN3270e

• Host controlled printing, including error reporting, page range printing etc.

• I-O's award winning IBM printer emulations

• EBCDIC to ASCII conversion done by the 5430b/5431b , frees host resources and increases print speeds