
Printer driver features
Your printer drivers support the following standard features:
•Paper source selection
•Paper size, orientation and media type
•Number of copies
In addition, you can use various special printing features. The following table shows a general overview of features supported by your printer drivers:
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PCL 6 | PostScript | PostScript | ||
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Print quality option | O | O | O | |
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Poster printing | O | X | X | |
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Multiple pages per sheet | O | O | O | |
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Fit to page printing | O | O | O | |
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Scale printing | O | O | O | |
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Different source for first | O | X | O | |
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Watermark | O | X | X | |
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Overlay | O | X | X | |
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System requirements
Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
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Operating | Windows 2000/XP/Vista/2003 |
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CPU | Windows 2000 | Pentium II | Pentium III | |
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| Windows XP/ | Pentium III | Pentium IV | |
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| Windows Vista | Pentium IV | Pentium IV | |
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RAM | Windows 2000 | 64 MB or more | 128 MB | |
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| Windows XP/ | 128 MB or more | 256 MB | |
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| Windows Vista | 512 MB or more | 1024 MB | |
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Free disk | Windows 2000 | 300 MB or more | 1 GB | |
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| Windows Vista | 15 GB or more | 15 GB | |
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Internet | 5.0 or higher |
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Note
Users who have administrator rights can install the software.
Mac OS
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Operating system | Mac OS 10.3 ~ 10.5 |
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CPU | Intel processor PowerPC G4/G5 | |
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RAM | 512 MB | |
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Free HDD space | 1 GB |
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Connection | USB interface, Network interface | |
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3.2 <Software overview>