An Print Server Gateway to Connect Printers, Copiers, and MFPs to IBM iSeries AS/400s & zSeries S/390 Systems and Provide Full Support for AFP/IPDS Printing

Overview

The I-O 5755e IPDS/SCS Printer Gateway is a high speed Ethernet-in, Ethernet-out IPDS/SCS gateway print server designed to convert native IBM host print jobs to PCL, allowing them to be printed by a laser printer on the LAN. Supporting up to three printers, the 5755e delivers IBM AFP/IPDS and SCS printing via TCP/IP, providing the control and printer feedback found in an IBM host environment.

If you have more than 3 printers you need to have connected to your IBM host, the 5765e IPDS Print Server Gateway may be a better solution.  It will support up to 10 network attached printers, copiers or MFPs. Click here and you will be taken to the 5765e Gateway page.

Features

• Connects three PCL 5e compatible Ethernet capable laser printers or MFP devices

• Supports Advanced Function Printing (AFP) using IPDS protocol

• Also supports standard Host printing using SCS protocol

• High speed printing - over 100 pages per minute

• Supports over 100 AFP/IPDS Fonts

• 10 / 100 Mbps Ethernet LAN, auto sensing

• Multiple Host support (Power8, Power7, i5, iSeries, AS/400, Power9, z9, zSeries, S/390, Windows, Unix)

• Multiple LAN protocols (TCP/IP, SNA, ANYNET)

• Host printing via TCP/IP 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 AFP/IPDS and SCS printer emulations

• Increases print speeds 

• Easy to install and use, includes I-O's Configuration Utility software

High Speed Printing

Attached to the LAN, the 5755e supports high-speed, high-performance printers. Without the bottleneck of a slow parallel port, the 5755e supports over 100 pages per minute. Whether printing from an IBM iSeries-AS/400 or a zSeries-S/390, fast printing can be obtained with laser printers supporting port 9100. In addition to the Ethernet connection, the 5755e has a parallel port to directly attach one printer (laser or dot-matrix).

Full Printing Control from IBM Host

The 5755e offers the same reliable, full-function IBM host printing and control found with direct Twinax/coax attached printers. With the 5755e, IBM host print jobs are not lost in the black hole of LAN printing. The 5755e provides bi-directional communication between the printer and the IBM host, allowing error reporting and page range printing.

Easy to Use

I-O's Configuration Utility software is included with every 5755e. Whether selecting TCP/IP or SNA, configuration is made easy through the use of a menu-based utility.