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PC Features
PC Features

Introduction

The Companion Suite Pro software allows the connection
of a personal computer with a compatible multifunction
machine.
From the PC, you can:
• manage the multifunction machine, allowing you to set
it up according to your needs,
• print your documents on the multifunction machine
from your usual applications,
• scan color, grey scale or black and white documents
and edit them on your PC.

Configuration requirements

The minimum configuration requirements for your
personal computer are:
Supported operating systems:
• Windows 2000 with at least Service Pack 4,
• Windows XP x86 (Home and Pro) with at least Service
Pack 1,
• Windows 2003 server for printing driver only,
• Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit),
• Mac OS 10.3 to 10.5,
• Linux (Redhat 9.0, Debian 4.0, Suse 10.2, Fedora 7
and Ubuntu 7.10).
Processor:
• 800 MHz for Windows 2000,
• 1 GHz for Windows XP x86 (Home and Pro),
• 1 GHz for Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit).
A CD-ROM drive
A free USB port or LAN port
600 Mbytes of available disk space for the installation
RAM memory:
• 128 Mbytes minimum for Windows 2000,
• 192 Mbytes minimum for Windows XP x86 (Home and
Pro),
• 1 GByte for Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit).

Software installation

This section describes the following installation
procedures:
• full installation of the Companion Suite Pro software,
• installation of the drivers only.

Installing the full software package

Turn your PC on. Open an account session with the
administration rights.
1Open the CD-ROM drive, insert the installation CD-
ROM and close the drive.
2An installation procedure is automatically run (Auto
run). If it does not, double-click on setup.exe at the
CD-ROM's root.
3A screen titled COMPANION SUITE PRO LL2
appears. This screen allows you to install and
uninstall the software, access the product's user
guides or browse the CD-ROM contents.
4Place your cursor on INSTALL PRODUCTS and
confirm with left-click of the mouse.
5The Products Installation screen appears.
Place your cursor on ALL PRODUCTS and confirm by
left-click with the mouse.
6The welcome screen appears. Click on the NEXT
button to launch the installation of the Companion
Suite Pro in your PC.
7To continue, you need to accept the proposed
Note See Mac/Linux CD ROM for more
information about installation
instruction.
Note
The full installation copies on your
hard disk the software required for the
good execution of the Companion
Suite Pro kit, which is:
- Companion Suite Pro (machine
management software, printer drivers,
scanner, ...),
- Adobe Acrobat Reader,
- PaperPort.
You may already be the owner of a
version of the software available in the
installation CD-ROM.
In this case use the CUSTOMIZED
installation, select the software that
you want to install on your hard drive
and confirm your choice.