3 Software overview
This chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with your machine. 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 machine 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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| • Scanner driver: TWAIN and | |
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| Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) |
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| drivers are available for scanning |
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| documents on your machine. |
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| • | Status Monitor: This program |
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| allows you to monitor the machine’s |
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| status and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
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| • | Network Scan: This program allows |
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| you to scan a document on your |
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| machine and save it to a network- |
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| connected computer. |
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| • | User Guide in PDF |
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| • | Set IP: Use this program to set your |
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| machine’s TCP/IP addresses. |
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| • | PC Fax: This program allows you to |
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| launch fax in your PC when the |
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| machine is connected to your PC. |
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| Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to run |
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| your machine from a Linux computer |
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| and print documents. |
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| • | SANE: Use this driver to scan |
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| documents. |
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| • | Status Monitor: This program |
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| allows you to monitor the machine’s |
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| status and alerts you when an error |
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| occurs during printing. |
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PostScript | Windows | • Postscript Printer Description | |
printer driver |
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| (PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver |
CD |
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| to print documents with complex |
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| fonts and graphics in the PS |
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| language. |
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| • | User Guide in PDF |
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| Macintosh | • | Postscript Printer Description |
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| (PPD) file: Use this file to run your |
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| machine from a Macintosh computer |
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| and print documents. |
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| • | Scan driver: TWAIN driver is |
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| available for scanning documents on |
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| your machine. |
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3.1 <Software overview>
