Computer requirements

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS

Computer Platform &

Supported

PC

Processor

Minimum

Recommended

Hard Disk Space to install

PCSoftware

Minimum

For

For

Operating System Version

Interface

RAM

RAM

Functions

Speed

Drivers

Applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows®

Windows® 2000

Printing,

USB,

Intel® Pentium® II

64 MB

256 MB

150 MB

500 MB

Operating

 

Professional 6

PC Fax 4,

10/100

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

System 1

Windows® XP Home 2 5

Scanning,

Base-TX

 

128 MB

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP

Removable

(Ethernet),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional 2 5

Disk 7

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

802.11b/g/n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows® XP

 

64-bit (Intel® 64 or

256 MB

512 MB

 

 

 

 

Professional x64 Edition 2

 

 

AMD64) supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Vista® 2 5

 

 

Intel® Pentium® 4

512 MB

1 GB

500 MB

1.2 GB

 

 

Windows® 7 2 5

 

 

or equivalent

1 GB

1 GB

650 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

64-bit (Intel® 64

(32 bit)

(32 bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or AMD64)

2 GB

2 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported CPU

(64 bit)

(64 bit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server® 2003

Printing

10/100

Intel® Pentium® III

256 MB

512 MB

50 MB

N/A

 

 

(print only via network)

 

Base-TX

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Ethernet),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WindowsServer® 2003

 

64-bit (Intel® 64

 

 

 

 

 

 

x64 Edition (print only

 

Wireless

or AMD64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

via network)

 

802.11b/g/n

supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server® 2003

 

 

Intel® Pentium®III

 

 

 

 

 

 

R2 (print only via network)

 

 

or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server® 2003

 

 

64-bit (Intel® 64

512 MB

1 GB

 

 

 

 

R2 x64 Edition (print

 

 

or AMD64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

only via network)

 

 

supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server® 2008

 

 

Intel® Pentium® 4

 

2 GB

 

 

 

 

(print only via network)

 

 

or equivalent 64-bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Intel® 64orAMD64)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Server® 2008

 

 

64-bit (Intel® 64 or

 

 

 

 

 

 

R2 (print only via network)

 

 

AMD64) supported CPU

 

 

 

 

Macintosh

Mac OS X

Printing,

USB 3,

PowerPC® G4/G5

512 MB

1 GB

80 MB

400 MB

Operating

10.4.11, 10.5.x

PC Fax

10/100

Intel® Core™

 

 

 

 

System

 

Send 4,

Base-TX

Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning,

(Ethernet),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mac OS X 10.6.x

Intel® Core™

1 GB

2 GB

 

 

 

 

Removable

Wireless

 

 

 

 

 

Disk 7

802.11b/g/n

Processor

 

 

 

 

Conditions:

1Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.5 or greater.

2For WIA, 1200 × 1200 resolution. Brother Scanner Utility enables to enhance up to 19200 × 19200 dpi.

3Third party USB ports are not supported.

4PC Fax supports black and white only.

5PaperPort™12SE supports Windows® XP (SP3or higher), Windows Vista® (SP2 or higher) and Windows® 7.

6PaperPort™11SE supports Microsoft® SP4 or higher for Windows® 2000 (Available from the internet).

7Removable disk is a function of PhotoCapture Center™.

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