3 Software overview

This chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with your machine. Further details about installing and using the software are explained in the Software section.

This chapter includes:

Supplied software

Printer driver features

System requirements

Supplied software

You must install the printer and scanner software using the supplied CD after you have set up your machine and connected it to your computer.

This CD provides you with the following software:

CD

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

Printer,

Windows

Printer driver: Use this driver to

Scanner

 

 

take full advantage of your printer’s

Drivers and

 

 

features.

Utilities Type

 

PostScript Printer Description

104

 

 

(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 machine.

 

 

Status Monitor: This program

 

 

 

allows you to monitor the machine’s

 

 

 

status and alerts you when an error

 

 

 

occurs during printing.

 

 

SmarThru1: This is the

 

 

 

accompanying Windows-based

 

 

 

software for your multifunctional

 

 

 

machine.

 

 

Printer Settings Utility: You can

 

 

 

create and edit Phone Book entries

 

 

 

from your computer and set up print

 

 

 

and scan system data options.

 

 

ScanClair: This program allows you

 

 

 

to scan a document on your machine

 

 

 

and save it to a network-connected

 

 

 

computer.

 

 

User’s Guide in PDF

 

 

Set IP: Use this program to set your

 

 

 

machine’s TCP/IP addresses.

 

 

Network Printer User’s Guide in

 

 

 

PDF

 

 

 

 

CD

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

Printer,

Macintosh

PostScript Printer Description

Scanner

 

 

(PPD) file: Use this file to run your

Drivers and

 

 

machine from a Macintosh computer

Utilities Type

 

 

and print documents.

104

 

Scan driver: TWAIN driver is

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available for scanning documents on

 

 

 

your machine.

 

 

 

 

1.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, please refer to the onscreen help supplied on the SmarThru program.

3.1 <Software overview>