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Windows System Requirements
To use your printer and its software, your system should have:
■ An IBM
®
compatible PC with at least a 486/66 MHz (for
Windows 98) or 486/25 MHz (for Windows 95 or
Windows NT
®
4.0) processor (Pentium
®
processor recommended)
■ Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
■
At least 32MB of RAM (64MB recommended)
■
At least 100MB of free hard disk space (200MB recommended)
■ VGA, Super VGA, or better display adapter and monitor
■
Double-speed (2
x
) CD-ROM or DVD drive (quad-speed [4
x
] or
faster recommended) for installing the printer software
■
For USB connection: a computer running Windows 98 with a
Windows 98 compliant USB port and a shielded USB “AB” cable, up
to 6.5 ft. (2 meters) long
For parallel connection: a high-speed, bidirectional, IEEE-1284
compliant parallel cable (6 to 10 feet long); the cable must have a
D-SUB, 25-pin, male connector for your computer and a 36-pin,
Centronics
®
compatible connector for the printer
Macintosh System Requirements
To use your printer and its software, your system should have:
■ An Apple
®
iMac
™
series or Power Macintosh
®
G3 or later with USB
port
■ For iMac: Mac
®
OS 8.1 or later (Mac OS 8.5.1 or later
recommended)
For Power Macintosh G3 or later: Mac OS 8.5.1 or later
■ At least 32MB of available RAM (64MB recommended)
■ At least 100MB of free hard disk space (200MB recommended)
■ VGA, Super VGA, or better display adapter and monitor
■ Double-speed (2x) CD-ROM drive (quad-speed [4x] or faster
recommended) for installing the printer software
■ A shielded USB “AB” cable, up to 6.5 ft. (2 meters) long
Using an improperly
shielded USB cable—
especially a cable more
than 6.5 ft. (2 meters)
long—may cause the
printer to malfunction.
If you have an iMac, you
may need to update your
operating system before
installing your printer
software.
If you’re running OS 8.1,
you must install iMac
Update 1.0.
If you’re running OS 8.5 or
8.5.1, Apple recommends
that you install iMac
Update 1.1.
Download the update for
your system from Apple at
http://asu.info.apple.com.
Contact Apple if you have
problems installing an
update.
To find out which
operating system your
iMac is running, select
About This Computer from
the Apple menu.
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