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 CD after you have set up your printer and connected it to your computer.
The CD provides you with the following software:
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Printer | Windows | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to take |
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| • | Status Monitor: This program allows |
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| documents in the PCL6, PCL5e |
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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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| • | Set IP: Use this program to set your |
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| Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run |
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| Macintosh | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run |
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| your printer from a Macintosh |
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| computer and print documents. |
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Printer driver features
Your printer drivers support the following standard features:
•Paper source selection
•Paper size, orientation and type
•Number of copies
In addition, you can use various special printing features. The following table shows a general overview of features supported by your printer drivers:
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Toner save | O | O | O | O | |
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Print quality | O | O | O | O | |
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Poster | O | X | X | X | |
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Multiple | O | O | O | O | |
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Fit to page | O | O | O | O | |
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Scale printing | O | O | O | O | |
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Watermark | O | X | X | X | |
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Overlay | O | X | X | X | |
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3.1 <Software overview>
