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System requirements
Before you begin, ensure that your system meets the following
requirements:
Windows
Item Requirements Recommended
Operating
system
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
CPU Windows 2000 Pentium II
400 MHz or
higher
Pentium III
933 MHz
Windows XP/
2003/Vista
Pentium III
933 MHz or
higher
Pentium IV
1GHz
RAM Windows 2000 64 MB or more 128 MB
Windows XP/
2003
128 MB or more
256 MB
Windows Vista 512 MB or more 1 GB
Free disk
space
Windows 2000 600 MB or more 1 GB
Windows XP/
2003
1GB or more 5GB
Windows Vista 15GB 15GB or more
Internet
Explorer
Windows 2000/
XP/2003
5.0 or higher
Windows Vista 7.0 or higher
Note
• For Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, users who have an
administrator right can install the software.
Linux
Macintosh
Item Requirements
Operating system Various Linux OS including
• Red Hat 8 ~ 9
• Fedora Core 1 ~ 4
• Mandrake 9.2 ~ 10.1
• SuSE 8.2 ~ 9.2
Processor Pentium IV 1 GHz or higher
RAM 256 MB or higher
Free disk page 1 GB or higher
Software • Linux Kernel 2.4 or higher
• Glibc 2.2 or higher
• CUPS
Item Requirements
Operating system Macintosh 8.6 ~ 9.2 and 10.1 ~ 10.5
CPU Intel processor
PowerPC G4 / G5
RAM 128 MB
Free disk space 1 GB or higher
Connection USB interface,
Network interface (ML-2851ND only)