Dell 2145cn manual Supplied Software, Printer Driver Features, Printer driver, PostScript driver

SUPPLIED SOFTWARE

You must install the printer and scanner software using the supplied Drivers and Utiltiies CD after you have set up your printer and connected it to your computer. The CD provides you with the following software.

CD		CONTENTS
Printer	Windows	• Printer driver: Use this driver to take full
software CD		advantage of your printer’s features.
		• Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file:
		Use the PostScript driver to print documents
		with complex fonts and graphics in the PS
		language.
		• Scanner driver: TWAIN and Windows
		Image Acquisition (WIA) drivers are
		available for scanning documents on your
		printer.
		• Scan Manager: You can find out about
		Scan Manager program information and
		installed scan driver's condition.
		• Dell Toner Management SystemTM:
		Displays the status of the printer and the
		name of the job when send a job to print.
		The Dell Toner Management SystemTM
		window also displays the level of toner
		remaining and allows you to order
		replacement toner cartridges.
		• Status Monitor: This program allows you to
		monitor the printer’s status and alerts you
		when an error occurs during printing.
		• SmarThru Officea: This is the
		accompanying Windows-based software for
		your multifunctional printer.
		• Printer Setting Utility: This program allows
		you to set up printer’s other options from
		your computer desktop.
		• Firmware Update Utility: This program
		helps you to update printer’s firmware.
		• SetIP: Use this program to set your printer’s
		TCP/IP addresses.
	Linux	• Postscript Printer Description (PPD)
		file: Use this file to run your printer from a
		Linux computer and print documents.
		• SANE: Use this driver to scan documents.
		• Printer Setting Utility: This program allows
		you to set up printer’s other options from
		your computer desktop.

Macintosh • Printer driver: Use this driver to take full advantage of your printer’s features.

•Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use this file to run your printer from a Macintosh computer and print documents.

•Scanner driver: TWAIN driver is available for scanning documents on your printer.

•Printer Setting Utility: This program allows you to set up printer’s other options from your computer desktop.

a.Allows you to edit a scanned image in many ways using a powerful image editor and to send the image by email. You can also open another image editor program, like Adobe® Photoshop®, from SmarThru. For details, refer to the onscreen help supplied on the SmarThru program.

16 Introduction

PRINTER DRIVER FEATURES

Your printer drivers support the following standard features:

•Paper orientation, size, source and media type selection

•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:

Printer driver

FEATURE	WINDOWS	LINUX	MACINTOSH
Color mode	O	O	O
Printer quality option	O	O	O
Poster printing	O	X	X
Multiple pages per sheet	O	O (2, 4)	O
(N-up)
Fit to page printing	O	X	Oa
Scale printing	O	X	O
Different source for first	O	X	O
page
Watermark	O	X	X
Overlay	O	X	X
Duplex	O	X	O

a. This feature is not supported MAC OS X 10.3.

PostScript driver

FEATURE	WINDOWS	LINUX	MACINTOSH
Color mode	O	O	O
Printer quality option	O	O	O
Poster printing	X	X	X
Multiple pages per sheet	O	O (2, 4)	O
(N-up)
Fit to page printing	O	X	Oa
Scale printing	O	X	O
Different source for first	X	X	O
page
Watermark	X	X	X
Overlay	X	X	X
Duplex	O	X	O

a. This feature is not supported MAC OS X 10.3.