Avery Dennison SNAP USB Communications - Manual (Page 2)

Overview
PCMate Platinum is designed to communicate to the SNAP Printer using serial
communications. The SNAP printers have USB communications available, which
offers several advantages including communications with PCs that do not have
serial ports and increased communications speed.
In order to connect PCMate Platinum to a SNAP printer using USB, a special
utility is required to capture the data that PCMate is sending to a serial port and
redirect it to the printer via USB. A COM to USB driver is included with PCMate.
This driver will take data sent to a “virtual COM port” and redirect it to the printer
via USB.
USB communications is only available on the SNAP printers running software
version 3.04.00.00 or higher. Also, the printer must have the USB option
(05580033) installed.
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NOTE
The standard SNAP printer has two USB ports in the
connector area. These are master ports and cannot be
used to connect the printer with a PC. The USB option must
be installed in the printer.