3 Software overview
This chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with your printer. 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 software using the supplied CDs after you have set up your printer and connected it to your computer.
Each CD provides you with the following software:
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printer | Windows | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to take |
software |
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| full advantage of your printer’s |
CD |
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| features. |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the printer’s status and |
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| alerts you when an error occurs during |
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| printing. |
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| • Printer Settings Utility: This program | |
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| is automatically installed when you |
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| install the Smart Panel. |
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| 2571N only) |
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| • | PCL6 driver: Use this driver to print |
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| documents in the PCL6, PCL5e |
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| language. |
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| • | Postscript Printer Description |
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| (PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver to |
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| print documents with complex fonts |
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| and graphics in the PostScript |
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| language. |
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| • | User’s Guide in PDF |
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| Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run |
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| your printer from a Linux computer |
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| and print documents. |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the printer’s status and |
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| alerts you when an error occurs during |
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| printing. |
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| Macintosh | • | Postscript Printer Description |
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| (PPD) file: Use this file to run your |
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| printer from a Macintosh computer |
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| and print documents. |
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| 2571N only) |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the printer’s status and |
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| alerts you when an error occurs during |
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| printing. |
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network | Windows | • | SyncThru™ Web Admin Service: |
utilities |
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| Use this |
CD |
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| remotely manage, monitor, and |
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| troubleshoot network printers. | |
only) |
| • | Set IP: Use this program to set your |
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| printer’s TCP/IP addresses. |
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| • | Network Printer User’s Guide in |
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3.1 <Software overview>
