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.
CD provides you with the following software:
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Printer | Windows | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to |
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| take full advantage of your printer’s |
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| features. |
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| • | Status Monitor: Appears when |
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| printing errors occur. |
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| • | Printer Settings Utility: You can |
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| configure print settings. |
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| • | PostScript Printer Description |
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| (PPD) file: Use the PostScript |
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| driver to print documents with |
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| complex fonts and graphics in the |
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| PostScript language. |
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| • | SetIP: Use this program to set your |
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| printer’s TCP/IP addresses. |
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| • | User Guide in PDF. |
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| Linux | • | Printer driver: Use this driver to |
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| run your machine from a Linux |
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| computer and print documents. |
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| Mac OS | • PostScript Printer Description | |
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| (PPD) file: Use this file to run your |
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| printer from a Macintosh computer |
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| and print documents. |
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3.1 <Software overview>
