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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
software CD
Windows • Printer driver: Use this driver to
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.
PostScript
printer driver
CD
Windows • Postscript Printer Description
(PPD) file: Use the PostScript driver
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.
CD Contents
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