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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Toner save | O | O | O | O | |
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Print quality | O | O | O | O | |
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Poster | O | X | X | X | |
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Multiple | O | O | O | O | |
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Fit to page | O | O | O | O | |
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Scale printing | O | O | O | O | |
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Different | O | X | O | X | |
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Watermark | O | X | X | X | |
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Overlay | O | X | X | X | |
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System requirements
Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
Windows
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Operating | Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista |
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CPU | Windows 2000 | Pentium II | Pentium III | |
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| Windows XP/ | Pentium III | Pentium IV | |
| 2003/Vista | 933 MHz or | 1 GHz | |
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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 | 1 GB | |
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Free disk | Windows 2000 | 300 MB or more | 1 GB | |
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Windows XP/ | 1 GB or more | 5 GB | ||
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| Windows Vista | 15GB | 15GB or more | |
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Internet | Windows 2000/ | 5.0 or higher |
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Explorer | XP/2003 |
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| Windows Vista | 7.0 or higher |
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Note
For Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, users with administrator privileges can install the software.
3.2 <Software overview>