Application Enabled Printing - Intelligence within SATO printers

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Improve labelling productivity, accuracy and reduce your costs with SATO Application Enabled Printing (AEP)

Discover the beauty of powerful on-board intelligence with Application Enabled Printing (AEP). Simplify the labelling process of your customers with the ability to customise printer operations, significantly reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.

AEP allows for tailor-made labelling applications including PC-less printing, direct connection of peripherals such as keyboards, scanners and scales for data input.

About AEP

What is AEP?	Customer Benefits
PC-less - Eliminates need for separate printers & PCs, with no third-party software for OS & middleware, no licenses required & easier update roll out	Perfect fit - Ideal for areas where space is minimal, or where the environment is unsuitable for a PC
Peripheral device connection - Printer can process info internally and link to devices such as scanners, weighing scales, thermometers and PLC	Reduce total cost of ownership - Reduces business downtime and decreases system maintenance with less recurring costs
Onboard intelligence - Decisions are made by printer and not by unqualified staff	Improves the labelling process - Easy and intuitive labelling process that improves efficiency and productivity, while minimising the risk for human errors
Cloud enablement - Connect the printer directly to IT and cloud systems	Direct connectivity to IT and cloud systems - Reduces system complexity meaning less things can go wrong and makes troubleshooting easier

AEP Supported SATO Printers

	CL4NX Plus Best-in-class 4" thermal industrial printer	CL6NX Plus A pioneering 6" thermal industrial printer	S84NX Versatile 4-inch print engine for high-volume print and apply labelling	S86NX Versatile 6-inch print engine for high-volume print and apply labelling
Print Method	Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer	Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer	Direct Thermal/Thermal Transfer Direct Thermal Only	Direct Thermal/Thermal Transfer Direct Thermal Only
Size (W x D x H)	271 mm x 457 mm x 321 mm	338 mm x 457 mm x 321 mm	245 mm x 408 mm x 300 mm	245 mm x 463 mm x 300 mm
Resolution	203 / 305 / 609 dpi	203 / 305 dpi	203 / 305 / 609 dpi	203 / 305 dpi
Print Speed	14 ips / 14 ips / 6 ips	10 ips / 8 ips	16 ips / 14 ips / 6 ips	14 ips / 12 ips
Media Width	128 mm	177 mm	128 mm	177 mm
Display Panel	3.5" TFT full colour LCD (320 x 240)	3.5" TFT full colour LCD (320 x 240)	3.5" full colour LCD	3.5" full colour LCD
Interfaces	USB-A, USB-B, LAN, NFC, RS232-C, Bluetooth, WLAN (option)	USB-A, USB-B, LAN, NFC, RS232-C, Bluetooth, WLAN (option)	USB 2.0 (Type B), RS232C, Ethernet (Protocol TCP/IP: LPR, FTP, SNMPv3, NTP, HTTP, DHCPv4), External Signal (EXT) Interface	USB 2.0 (Type B), RS232C, Ethernet (Protocol TCP/IP: LPR, FTP, SNMPv3, NTP, HTTP, DHCPv4), External Signal (EXT) Interface
Specifications	Optional HF & UHF RFID, PDF Direct Print	Optional UHF RFID, PDF Direct Print	W-LAN kit, UHF RFID kit ISO18000-6 Type C (S84NX only)	W-LAN kit

	FX3-LX An intuitive 3" label printer that seamlessly adapts to your business	CT4-LX Next generation 4" smart desktop printer	PW2NX A powerful compact 2" mobile printer range
Print Method	Direct Thermal	Direct Thermal / Thermal Transfer	Direct Thermal
Size (W x D x H)	132 mm x 225 mm x 161 mm	178 mm x 238 mm x 214 mm	85 mm x 128 mm x 68 mm
Resolution	305 dpi	203 / 305 dpi	203 dpi
Print Speed	6 ips	8 ips / 6 ips	6 ips
Media Width	85 mm	115 mm	55 mm
Display Panel	7" TFT full colour touch screen LCD (480 x 800)	4.3 TFT full colour touchscreen LCD (480 x 272)	Organic electroluminescent display
Interfaces	USB-A x 3, USB-B, LAN, NFC, Bluetooth (option), WLAN (option)	USB-A x 2 , USB-B, LAN, RS232-C (option), NFC, Bluetooth (option), WLAN (option)	USB, NFC, Bluetooth, WLAN
Specifications	Optional battery mount kit, cradle kit and wall mount kit	Optional HF & UHF RFID, PDF Direct Print	Optional 1 Bay and 4 Bay charging cradles for vehicles, standard and heavy duty carry cases

AEP Case Studies

1. Manufacturer (Automotive) - Versatile Label Printing from PLC

Challenges: Tedious to perform label printing by integrating Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) as it takes time for engineers to learn printer programming languages, maintain individual printer programming code for different label formatting.

Solution: AEP solution with CL4NX printer to simplify label printing.
Save label templates in printer so that only variable data need to be sent from PLC (as comma-separated files) for label printing.

2. Manufacturer - RFID Data Logging

Challenges: Too time-consuming to retrieve tag data (e.g. tag ID, EPS) manually.
Want to protect product and prevent counterfeiting.

Solution: SATO AEP can make it simpler and more efficient as SATO printer can print and encode RFID labels while creating a CSV log all on its own without using a PC.

3. Food Retail - Easy & Efficient Food Labelling

Challenges: Difficult to manage different equipment for printing & store operations in limited space.
Headquarter updates label data across all outlets manually which is prone to human error.

Solution: AEP solution with FX3-LX printer and SATO App Storage cloud-based data management service.
FX3-LX occupies a small footprint & is intuitive for users to print various types of product labels.
With SATO App Storage, headquarter can update data across all outlets instantly.

4. All Industries - Stress-free Helpdesk Operation

Challenges: Printer and system information for diagnosis and hot spare part replacement takes 3 to 5 days to collect in a typical multi-vendor and multi-system environment. For users that are unfamiliar with printer, it may take time to find the required information.

Solution: SATO's printer screen customisation enables users to immediately have access to printer information and provides a true company branded interface for end users.

Software Applications

AEP Downloader	AEP Utility	AEP Works
Download your label design as an AEP package into SATO AEP-enabled smart printers using AEP downloader. > Download Setup File > Download Quick Guide	Update database table and bitmap graphic data in your label design AEP package using AEP Utility. You can also deploy the updated AEP package to SATO AEP-enabled smart printers or save as an AEP package file.	AEP Works offers an easy graphical user interface for label design, database table management, function development and managing fonts and graphics. This application is available for SATO certified partners.