Getting started_ 23
System requirements
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher is the minimum requirement for all
Windows operating systems.
• Users who have administrator rights can install the software.
• Windows Terminal Services is compatible with your machine.
• For Windows 2000, Services Pack 4 or higher is required.
Macintosh
Linux
Unix
Installing the driver locally
A locally connected machine is a machine directly attached to your
computer using the cable. If your machine is attached to a network, skip the
following steps below and go on to installing a network connected machine’s
driver. (See "Installing wired network connected machine’s driver" on
page 28.)
• If you are a Macintosh, Linux, or Unix OS user, refer to the
Advanced guide.
• Selecting Advanced Installation > Custom Installation allows
Linux • Unified Linux Driver: Use this driver to take full
advantage of your machine’s features.
• Printer Description (PPD) file: Use this file to run
your machine from a Linux computer and print
documents.
• Smart Panel: This program allows you to monitor
the machine’s status and alerts you when an error
occurs during printing.
• SetIP: Use this program to set your machine’s
TCP/IP addresses.
UNIX • UNIX PrinterDriver: Use this driver to print
documents from the UNIX system.
Operating
system
Requirement (recommended)
CPU RAM
free HDD
space
Windows
®
2000
Intel
®
Pentium
®
II 400 MHz
(Pentium III 933 MHz)
64 MB (128
MB)
600 MB
Windows
®
XP Intel
®
Pentium
®
III 933
MHz (Pentium IV 1 GHz)
128 MB (256
MB)
1.5 GB
Windows
Server
®
2003
Intel
®
Pentium
®
III 933
MHz (Pentium IV 1 GHz)
128 MB (512
MB)
1.25 GB to
2 GB
Windows
Server
®
2008
Intel
®
Pentium
®
IV 1 GHz
(Pentium IV 2 GHz)
512 MB (2
GB)
10 GB
Windows
Vista
®
Intel
®
Pentium
®
IV 3 GHz
512 MB (1
GB)
15 GB
Windows
®
7 Intel
®
Pentium
®
IV 1 GHz
32-bit or 64-bit processor
or higher
1 GB (2 GB) 16 GB
• Support for DirectX® 9 graphics with 128 MB memory
(to enable the Aero theme).
• DVD-R/W Drive
Windows
Server® 2008
R2
Intel® Pentium® IV 1 GHz
(x86) or 1.4 GHz (x64)
processors (2 GHz or
faster)
512 MB (2
GB)
10 GB
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Operating
system
Requirements (Recommended)
CPU RAM
Free
HDD
space
Mac OS X 10.3 ~
10.4
• Intel
®
processors
• PowerPC G4/ G5
• 128 MB for a
powerPC based
Mac (512 MB)
• 512 MB for an
Intel-based Mac (1
GB)
1 GB
Mac OS X 10.5
• Intel
®
processors
• 867 MHz or faster
Power PC G4/ G5
512 MB (1 GB) 1 GB
Mac OS X 10.6
• Intel
®
processors
1 GB (2 GB) 1 GB
Items Requirements
Operating
system
RedHat
®
Enterprise Linux WS 4, 5 (32/64 bit)
Fedora 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 (32/ 64 bit)
SuSE Linux 10.1 (32 bit)
OpenSuSE
®
10.2, 10.3, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 (32/64 bit)
Mandriva 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009.1, 2010 (32/64 bit)
Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10,
10.04 (32/64 bit)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, 11 (32/64 bit)
Debian 4.0, 5.0 (32/64 bit)
CPU Pentium IV 2.4GHz (Intel Core™2)
RAM 512 MB (1 GB)
Free HDD space 1 GB (2 GB)
Items Requirements
Operating
system
Sun Solaris 9, 10 (x86, SPARC)
HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, 11i v2, 11i v3 (PA-RISC,
Itanium)
IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5,3, 5.4
Free HDD space Up to 100 MB
