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PC Features
Introduction
The Companion Suite Pro software allows the connection
of a personal computer with a compatible multifunction
machine.
From the PC, you can:
•
manage the multifunction machine, allowing you to set
it up according to your needs,
•
print your documents on the multifunction machine
from your usual applications,
•
scan colour, grey scale or black and white documents
and edit them on your PC, or process them into text
using the character recognition software (OCR).
Configuration requirements
The minimum configuration requirements for your
personal computer are:
Supported operating systems:
•
Windows 2000 with at least Service Pack 4,
•
Windows XP x86 (Home and Pro) with at least Service
Pack 1,
•
Windows 2003 server for printing driver only,
•
Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit),
•
Mac OS 10.3 to 10.5,
•
Linux (Redhat 9.0, Debian 4.0, Suse 10.2, Fedora 7
and Ubuntu 7.10).
Processor:
•
800 MHz for Windows 2000,
•
1 GHz for Windows XP x86 (Home and Pro),
•
1 GHz for Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit).
A CD-ROM drive
A free USB port or LAN port
600 Mbytes of available disk space for the installation
RAM memory:
•
128 Mbytes minimum for Windows 2000,
•
192 Mbytes minimum for Windows XP x86 (Home and
Pro),
•
1 GByte for Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit).
Installation
This section describes the following installation
procedures:
•
full installation of the Companion Suite Pro software,
•
installation of the drivers only using the Companion
Suite Pro software,
•
manual installation of the drivers only.
Installing the full software package
Turn your PC on. Open an account session with the
administration rights.
1
Open the CD-ROM drive, insert the installation CD-
ROM and close the drive.
2
An installation procedure is automatically run (Auto
run). If it does not, double-click on setup.exe at the
CD-ROM's root.
3
A screen titled
C
OMPANION
S
UITE
P
RO
LL2
appears. This screen allows you to install and
uninstall the software, access the product's user
guides or browse the CD-ROM contents.
4
Place your cursor on
I
NSTALL
PRODUCTS
and
confirm with left-click of the mouse.
5
The Products Installation screen appears.
Place your cursor on
A
LL
PRODUCTS
and confirm by
left-click with the mouse.
Note
See Mac/Linux CD ROM for more
information about installation
instruction.
Note
The full installation copies on your
hard disk the software required for the
good execution of the Companion
Suite Pro kit, which is:
- Companion Suite Pro (machine
management software, printer drivers,
scanner, ...),
- Adobe Acrobat Reader,
- PaperPort.
You may already be the owner of a
version of the software available in the
installation CD-ROM.
In this case use the
C
USTOMIZED
installation, select the software that
you want to install on your hard drive
and confirm your choice.