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:
Feature | PCL 6 |
| PostScript |
| |
|
|
|
| ||
Windows | Windows | Macintosh | Linux | ||
| |||||
|
|
|
|
| |
Toner save | O | O | O | O | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Print quality | O | O | O | O | |
option |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Poster | O | X | X | X | |
printing |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Multiple | O | O | O | O | |
pages per |
|
|
| (2, 4) | |
sheet |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Fit to page | O | O | O | O | |
printing |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Scale printing | O | O | O | O | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Different | O | X | O | X | |
source for |
|
|
|
| |
first page |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
Watermark | O | X | X | X | |
|
|
|
|
| |
Overlay | O | X | X | X | |
|
|
|
|
|
Note
• Overlay is not supported in Windows NT 4.0.
System requirements
Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
Windows
| REQUIREMENT (RECOMMENDED) | |||
OPERATIN |
|
|
| |
|
| FREE | ||
G SYSTEM | CPU | RAM | ||
HDD | ||||
| ||||
|
|
| SPACE | |
|
|
|
| |
Windows | Pentium II 400 MHz | 64 MB | 600 MB | |
2000 | (Pentium III 933 MHz) | (128 MB) |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Windows XP | Pentium III 933 MHz | 128 MB | 1.5GB | |
| (Pentium IV 1 GHz) | (256 MB) |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Windows | Pentium III 933 MHz | 128 MB | 1.25 GB to | |
Server 2003 | (Pentium IV 1 GHz) | (512 MB) | 2 GB | |
|
|
|
| |
Windows | Pentium IV 1 GHz | 512 MB | 10 GB | |
Server 2008 | (Pentium IV 2 GHz) | (2048 MB) |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Windows | Pentium IV 3 GHz | 512 MB | 15 GB | |
Vista |
| (1024 MB) |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Windows 7 | Pentium IV 1 GHz | 1 GB | 16 GB | |
| or | (2 GB) |
| |
| higher |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
| • Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB | |||
| memory(to enable the Aero theme). |
| ||
| • |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Windows | Pentium IV 1 GHz(x86) | 512 MB | 10 GB | |
Server 2008 | or 1.4GHz(x64) | (2048 MB) |
| |
R2 | processors(2GHz or |
|
| |
| faster) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Note
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher is the minimum requirement for all Windows operating systems.
•Users who have an administrator right can install the software.
3.2 <Software overview>