
Getting Started
Printer Drivers for This Machine
Printing requires installation of a printer driver for your operating system. The
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❖PCL printer drivers
Printer drivers allow the computer to communicate with the printer via a printer language. Two kinds of PCL printer drivers, PCL 6 and PCL 5e, are provided with this printer. We recommend PCL 6 as your first choice.

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❒ Some of your applications might require the installation of the PCL 5e
printer driver. In this case, you can install PCL 5e in addition to PCL 6.
⇒p.18 “Installing the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver”
❖PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files for Windows
The printer specific functions can be used by installing the PPD file specific for the printer.
⇒p.20 “Windows 95/98/Me - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
⇒p.21 “Windows 2000 - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
⇒p.23 “Windows NT 4.0 - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
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