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
After you have set up your machine and connected it to your computer, you must install the printer software. If you are a Windows or Macintosh OS, install the software from the supplied CD and if you are a Linux OS user, download the software from the Samsung website (www.samsung.com/printer) and install.:
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Windows | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to take full |
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| advantage of your printer’s features. |
| • | Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor |
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| the printer’s status and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
| • | Direct Printing Utility: This program allows you |
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| to print PDF files easily. |
| • | Postscript Printer Description (PPD) file: Use |
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| the PostScript driver to print documents with |
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| complex fonts and graphics in the PostScript |
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| language. |
| • | User’s Guide in PDF |
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Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run your printer |
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| from a Linux computer and print documents. |
| • | Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor |
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| the printer’s status and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
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Macintosh | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run your printer |
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| from a Macintosh computer and print documents. |
| • | Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor |
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| the printer’s status and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
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3.1 <Software overview>
