Printer software overview

Supplied printer software

You must install the printer software using the supplied printer driver CD after you have set up your machine and connected it to your computer. For details, see the Software Section.

The printer driver CD provides you with the following software:

Programs for windows

To use your machine as a printer and scanner in Windows, you must install the MFP driver. You can install selectively or all the following components:

Printer driver- Use this driver to take full advantage of your printer’s features.

Scanner driver- TWAIN and Windows Image Acquisition

(WIA) driver are available for scanning documents on your machine.

Smart Panel- This program allows you to monitor the machine’s status and alerts you when an error occurs during printing.

SmarThru- This is the accompanying Windows-based software for your multifunctional machine. 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 installed in your Windows,

like Adobe PhotoShop, from SmarThru.

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

Linux driver

You can print and scan in Linux using your machine. For information about installing the MFP driver in Linux, see the Software Section.

Macintosh printer driver

You can print and scan in Macintosh using your machine. For information about installing the printer driver in Macintosh, see the Software Section.

2.7

Getting started

Printer driver features

Your printer drivers support the following standard features:

Paper source selection

Paper size, orientation and media type

Number of copies

The following table lists a general overview of features supported by your printer drivers.

 

 

Printer Driver

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

Win

Macintosh

Linux

2000/XP/

 

 

 

 

Vista

OS 10.3

OS 10.5

 

 

 

~ 10.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner save

Y

 

N

Y

 

 

 

 

 

Print quality option

Y

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

Poster printing

Y

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple pages

Y

 

Y

Y(2,4)

per sheet (N-up)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fit to page printing

Y

N

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

Scale printing

Y

 

Y

Y

 

 

 

 

 

Watermark

Y

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

Overlay

Y

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

TrueType fonts option

N

 

N

N

 

 

 

 

 

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