0828:a003 — WS408 Label Printer
Sato Corp.
- Vendor ID
- 0828
- Product ID
- a003
- Combined
- 0828:a003
- Decimal
- 2088:40963
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a WS408 Label Printer manufactured by Sato Corp.. The vendor ID 0828 is registered to Sato Corp. with the USB Implementers Forum, and a003 is the product ID that Sato Corp. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 0828:a003 Sato Corp. WS408 Label Printer.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0828:a003 Sato Corp. WS408 Label Printer
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 0828:a003, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 0828:a003. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=0828, idProduct=a003.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_0828&PID_A003 USB\VID_0828&PID_A003&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_0828&PID_A003"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
WS408 Label Printer:
Product ID: 0xa003
Vendor ID: 0x0828 (Sato Corp.)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
0828 Sato Corp. a003 WS408 Label Printer