Printer Features
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Printer Drivers for Your Printer
Printing requires installation of a printer driver for your operating system. The
following drivers are included in the CD-ROM that comes with this printer.
*1
Microsoft Windows 95 operating system
*2
Microsoft Windows 98 operating system
*3
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups operating system Version 3.11
*4
Microsoft Windows NT Server network operating system Version 4.0, Microsoft
Windows NT Workstation operating system Version 4.0 in a computer using a x86
processor.
*5
Required system is 7.1 or later operating system.
*6
Requires Service Pack 3 or later.
*7
Adobe PostScript Printer Driver and PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are in-
cluded in the CD-ROM.
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PCL printer drivers
Printer drivers allow the computer to communicate with the printer using a
printer language. Two kinds of PCL printer drivers, PCL 6 and PCL 5e, are
included in the CD-ROM that comes with this printer. We recommend the
PCL 6 as your first choice. However, some of your applications might require
installation of the PCL 5e printer driver. In this case, you can install PCL 5e in
addition to the PCL 6.
⇒ P.51 “Windows 95/98 - Installing the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver”
⇒ P.52 “Windows 3.1x - Installing the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver”
⇒ P.53 “Windows NT 4.0 - Installing the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver”
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Adobe PostScript Printer Drivers and PPD files
Adobe PostScript printer drivers and the PPD files are included in the CD-
ROM that comes with this printer. Adobe PostScript printer driver allows the
computer to communicate with the printer using a printer language. The PPD
files allow the printer driver to enable the printer specific functions.
⇒ P.59 “Windows 95/98 - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
⇒ P.60 “Windows 3.1x - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
⇒ P.61 “Windows NT 4.0 - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
⇒ P.63 “Macintosh - Installing the PostScript Printer Driver”
Operating system
Printer Language PCL 5e PCL 6 PostScript
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Windows 95
*1
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Windows 98
*2
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Windows 3.1x
*3
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Windows NT 4.0
*4
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*6
*7
Macintosh
*5
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*7
