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:

CD

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

 

Printer

Windows

Printer driver: Use this driver to

software CD

 

 

take full advantage of your printer’s

 

 

 

features.

 

 

Scanner driver: TWAIN and

 

 

 

Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)

 

 

 

drivers are available for scanning

 

 

 

documents on your machine.

 

 

Status Monitor: This program

 

 

 

allows you to monitor the machine’s

 

 

 

status and alerts you when an error

 

 

 

occurs during printing.

 

 

Network Scan: This program allows

 

 

 

you to scan a document on your

 

 

 

machine and save it to a network-

 

 

 

connected computer.

 

 

User Guide in PDF

 

 

Set IP: Use this program to set your

 

 

 

machine’s TCP/IP addresses.

 

 

PC Fax: This program allows you to

 

 

 

launch fax in your PC when the

 

 

 

machine is connected to your PC.

 

 

 

 

 

Linux

Printer driver: Use this driver to run

 

 

 

your machine from a Linux computer

 

 

 

and print documents.

 

 

SANE: Use this driver to scan

 

 

 

documents.

 

 

Status Monitor: This program

 

 

 

allows you to monitor the machine’s

 

 

 

status and alerts you when an error

 

 

 

occurs during printing.

 

 

 

 

CD

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

PostScript

Windows

Postscript Printer Description

printer driver

 

 

(PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver

CD

 

 

to print documents with complex

 

 

 

fonts and graphics in the PS

 

 

 

language.

 

 

User Guide in PDF

 

 

 

 

 

Macintosh

Postscript Printer Description

 

 

 

(PPD) file: Use this file to run your

 

 

 

machine from a Macintosh computer

 

 

 

and print documents.

 

 

Scan driver: TWAIN driver is

 

 

 

available for scanning documents on

 

 

 

your machine.

 

 

 

 

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Xerox 3300MFP manual Software overview, Supplied software