SATO CUPS Driver for Mac OS X                                                               5-29 
User Manual 
 
 
1.  Overview 
 
The SATO Driver for Mac OS X system was developed to allow the users to print into the SATO 
printer.  
 
This driver is based on CUPS printing system for Mac OS X. All the device communications are 
handled by CUPS (backend). The raster filter converts the CUPS raster graphic into SBPL 
which the printer can understand. For an instance, if the user prints a label, the raster filter 
converts the graphic into SBPL command which will be send to the printer together with the 
printer options. 
 
1.1 Supported Models of SATO Printer 
 
 
Currently only the following models of printers are supported by the current version of the driver: