I-O UTP Pocket Print Box - Compact External Printer Interface for Twinax and Coax Hosts with Built-in RJ45 Balun
PLEASE NOTE:  The UTP Pocket Print Box Printer Interfaces have been discontinued. The direct replacement product is the I-O Corporation TXP+ Twinax Interface. Please click here to be taken to the TXP+ Twinax Interface page.

Designed for use in unshielded twisted pair (UTP) environments, the I-O UTP Pocket Print Box is a low-cost printer interface (available for either 5250 Twinax or 3270 coax hosts) that attaches directly to a printer’s parallel port. No parallel cable is required. The I-O UTP Pocket Print Box features a built-in RJ-45 balun for a direct connection to Category 5 twisted pair cable coming from the IBM host. No external balun is required. It also offers a unique universal pin-out selector switch, which enables support of virtually any manufacturer’s balun type. No more worries about matching balun pin-outs.

Configuring the I-O UTP Pocket Print Box is very simple. It comes with an easy-to-use rotary switch to set the Twinax address or coax buffer size, the printer emulation, and the output protocol, as well as various diagnostic functions (self-test, EBCDIC dump, ASCII dump, restore factory defaults, and diagnostics).

The I-O UTP Pocket Print Box attaches virtually any parallel printer to an AS/400 or 3270-type host and offers one IBM printer session (SCS), featuring I-O’s field-proven laser and dot-matrix printer emulations. It supports a wide variety of printer drivers, including HP PCL; Epson FX/DFX, DFX+, LQ, and ESC/P2; and IBM Proprinter. It also includes I-O Command Pass-ThruTM, bar code, and IOGLTM. These features allow access to and more utilization of the printer’s capabilities such as duplex printing, additional fonts, and color printing that otherwise would be unavailable when printing from an IBM host.

With these features and more, the I-O UTP Pocket Print Box is the clear solution for low-cost, full-function, and hassle-free connections to an IBM host using twisted pair wiring.

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IBM Features

• Twinax Features:
  • Attaches to IBM AS/400 or System/3X Host, 5X94 Controllers, or 5299 TTPA
  • IBM 3812-1 (non IPDS), 4214, 4224, 3287/68/62 Printer Emulations
  • APO and COR
  

• Coax Features: 
  •Attaches to 30XX, 43XX or 937X Host, or 3X74 or 3276 Controller
  • IBM 3812-1, 4224, 4214, 3287/68/62 Printer Emulations (all non-IPDS)
  • LU3 (DSC) and LU1 (SCS) mode printing
  • Supports all applicable IBM RPQ’s
  

Plus a wide range of additional features that boost productivity and performance.