2 Software overview
This chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with your machine. Further details how to use 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:
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Printer | Windows | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to |
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| • | PostScript Printer Description |
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| (PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver |
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| to print documents with complex |
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| fonts and graphics in the PS |
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| language. |
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| • Scanner driver: TWAIN and | |
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| Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) |
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| drivers are available for scanning |
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| documents on your machine. |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the machine’s status |
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| during printing. |
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| • | SmarThru Officea: This is the |
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| accompanying |
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| software for your |
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| machine. |
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| • | Network Scan: This program allows |
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| you to scan a document on your |
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| machine and save it to a network- |
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| connected computer. |
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| • Direct Printing Utility: This program | |
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| allows you to print PDF files directly. |
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| • | SetIP: Use this program to set your |
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| machine’s TCP/IP addresses. |
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Printer | Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run |
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| your machine from a Linux computer |
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| SANE: Use this driver to scan | |
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| documents. |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the machine’s status |
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| and alerts you when an error occurs |
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| during printing. |
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| Macintosh | • | Printer driver: Use this file to run |
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| your machine from a Macintosh |
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| computer and print documents. |
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| • | Scan driver: TWAIN driver is |
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| available for scanning documents on |
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| your machine. |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the machine’s status |
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| during printing. |
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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, please refer to the onscreen help supplied on the SmarThru program.
2.1 <Software overview>
