Build & price SATO CT4-LX desktop thermal printers for your application
The CT4-LX series is a smart, feature-rich 4-inch label printer offering industrial-level functionality in a compact design, making it perfect for limited spaces. Equipped with a 4.3-inch full-color touchscreen, multiple connectivity options, optional HF/UHF RFID encoding, and a patented label waste prevention feature, these printers are easy to operate and maintain.
The CT4-LX utilizes thermal transfer (TT) and direct thermal (DT) printing up to 4.09" wide at 203 or 305 dpi resolution.
The printer comes with standard LAN, USB, and NFC interfaces, with optional WLAN & Bluetooth, or RS232 communications.
It offers label dispenser (peel and present), cutter, and linerless cutter options.
The printer supports industry-leading emulation formats (SBPL, SZPL, SEPL, SDPL, SIPL), enabling seamless integration into existing workflows.
Our selector tools were developed to help you easily find the right SATO printer model based on the criteria you’re looking for.
Select all the CT4-LX options you’re interested in to configure a printer based on resolution, print method, media handling technology, and communication interface. When you’re finished, simply click “Build my printer”, and the printer with all the options you’ve chosen will be displayed.
You can always reconfigure a printer at any point in the process, all from the comfort of your office or home and at the best price around!
Transmissive Sensor for Gap, Reflective Sensor for Black Mark, Paper Out, Ribbon Out
Media type
Roll (Continuous, Die-cut, Linerless), Fan-fold, Tag, Ticket
Media
Thickness (label & liner) 0.0031″ – 0.075″ (0.08 – 0.19 mm) Roll diameter Maximum: 5.04″ (128 mm) on 1.5″ core,
RFID: 4.53″ (115 mm) on 3″ ID core Wind Face-in / Face-out
RFID: Face-out
Ribbon
Width 1.77″ – 4.37″ (45 – 111 mm) Length 328′ (100 m) on 0.5″ ID Core Roll diameter 1.5″ (40 mm) Wind
Face-out
SATO genuine consumables
For maximum print quality and optimum use, SATO recommends the use of SATO genuine consumables.
Internal fonts
24 bitmap SATO fonts, 33 scalable SATO fonts, MultiNational language support (47 languages/unicode), single and double byte fonts (Korean, Chinese, Japanese)
Options
UHF: Gen 2 ISO/IEC18000-6 Type C
HF/NFC: ISO/IEC14443 (Type A), ISO/IEC15693, or ISO/IEC18092
Standard
USB 2.0 (Type A, Type B), Ethernet (DHCPv4/DHCPv6), NFC
Optional Interfaces
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Ver 4.1 or RS232C Option (Wi-Fi® and Wi-Fi Direct® Certified IEEE 802.11ac, Dual Band (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz))
Printer Memory
4GB Flash, 1GB RAM
User downloadable fonts, videos, graphics or format
Maximum 1GB
Large status LCD
Blue/red
Audible alerts
Adjustable volume setting
Self diagnosis
Head check, stand-by mode, cutter-cover-open, auto-calibration
Display panel
4.3″ full color resistive touch screen
Tool-free maintenance
Print head and platen replacement
Multi-national language support
47 printable languages with scalable fonts
31 Major Latin, Pan-European and Asian Languages for LCD Menu
Operation videos
Multiple instructional videos on-board, space for customized videos
Emulation
Auto Detect – SBPL®, SEPL®, SZPL®, SDPL®, SIPL® or STCL® (Pre-installed), XML, PDF Direct Printing*, AEP*
Remote maintenance
SNMP Ver. 3, Web interfaces, SATO Online Services (SOS), All-In-One Tool (AIOT), SOTI Connect
Guillotine Cutter
Linerless Cutter
Dispenser, RS-232C
Real-Time Clock
Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
UHF RFID
HF RFID (RFID is pre-installed)
Barcodes
Linear: Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, CODABAR (NW7), EAN8/13, GS1-Databar™, GS1-128 (UCC/EAN128), Interleaved 2/5, Industrial 2/5, JAN 8/13, Matrix 2/5, MSS, Bookland, Postnet™, UPC-A/E 2D Symbologies: PDF417, Micro PDF, Maxi Code, GS1 Data Matrix, QR Code, Micro QR Code and Composite Symbologies, Aztec
9.37″ L x 7.0″ W x 8.43″ H (238 mm x 177.8 mm x 214.1 mm)
Weight
7.5 lbs (3.4 kg)
Functions – useful features
Standalone Printing with SATO Application Enabled Printing (AEP), SATO Online Services (SOS), Multiple Interfaces-Auto-Switching, Auto Clone, Status Return, Label Waste Prevention
