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 and scanner 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 |
software CD |
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| take full advantage of your printer’s |
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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 |
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| and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
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| • | Printer Settings Utility: This |
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| program is automatically installed |
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| when you install the Smart Panel. |
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| • | PostScript Printer Description |
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| (PPD) file: Use the PostScript |
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| driver to print documents with |
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| complex fonts and graphics in the |
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| PostScript language. |
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| • Set IP: Use this program to set your | |
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| printer’s TCP/IP addresses. |
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| • | User’s Guide in PDF |
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| Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to |
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| run your printer from a Linux |
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| computer and print documents. |
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| • | Smart Panel: This program allows |
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| you to monitor the printer’s status |
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| and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during 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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| • Smart Panela: This program allows | |
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| you to monitor the printer’s status |
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| and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
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a. Macintosh 10.3, 10.4,10.5 only.
3.1 <Software overview>
