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Notices 157
Notices
Check this chapter for system requirements, safety instructions,
and other important information about your EPSON Stylus
Scan 2500.
Windows System Requirements
■ An IBM
®
compatible PC with at least a 486/66 MHz
processor (Pentium
®
processor recommended)
■ Microsoft Windows 95 or 98
■
At least 16MB of RAM (32MB or more recommended)
■
At least 50MB of free hard disk space (100MB
recommended)
■
VGA or better display adapter and monitor (24-bit color
recommended)
■
Double-speed (2
x
) CD-ROM drive for installing the
software (quad-speed [4
x
] or faster recommended)
Your system should have one of the following interfaces (USB
recommended):
■ An available USB port or hub connection on a computer
running Windows 98 with a Windows 98 compliant USB
port and a shielded USB “AB” interface cable up to 6.5 feet
(2 meters) long
■ An available parallel port with a high-speed, bidirectional,
IEEE-1284-compliant parallel cable up to 10 feet
(3 meters) long. The cable must have a D-SUB, 25-pin,
male connector for your computer and a 36-pin,
Centronics
®
compatible connector for the EPSON
Stylus Scan
caution:
Using an improperly
shielded USB cable—
especially a cable more
than 6.5 feet (2 meters)
long—may cause the
EPSON Stylus Scan to
malfunction.
The EPSON Stylus Scan
cannot be used with a
switch box or a parallel
pass-through port (for
example, on a Zip
drive).