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Printer Drivers for This Printer
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Printer Drivers for This Printer
Printing requires installation of a printer driver for your operating system. The
following drivers are included on the CD-ROM that comes with this printer.
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Microsoft Windows 95 operating system
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Microsoft Windows 98 operating system
*3
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
*4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
*5
Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system version 4.0, Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation operating system version 4.0 in a computer using x86 processors.
*6
Versions 8.6 to 9.1 of the Mac OS can be used. With OS X, the printer operates in Clas-
sic Mode.
*7
Requires Service Pack 4 or later.
*8
The Adobe PostScript printer drivers and PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files
are included on the CD-ROM labeled “Printer Drivers and Utilities”.
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PCL printer drivers
Printer drivers allow the computer to communicate with the printer via a
printer language. Two kinds of PCL printer drivers, PCL 6 and PCL 5e, are
provided with this printer. We recommend PCL 6 as your first choice.
Note
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Some of your applications might require the installation of the PCL 5e
printer driver. In this case, you can install PCL 5e in addition to PCL 6.
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p.40 “Installing the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver”
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RPCS printer driver
This printer driver allows the computer to communicate with the printer via
a printer language.
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p.42 “Installing the RPCS Printer Driver”
Printer Language PCL 6 PCL 5e RPCS PostScript3
Operating system
Windows 95
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Windows 98
*2
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Windows Me
*3
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Windows 2000
*4
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Windows NT 4.0
*5
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Mac OS
*6
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