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2 Software overviewThis chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with yourmachine. Further details how to use the software are explained in theSoftware section.This chapter includes:• Supplied software• Printer driver features• System requirementsSupplied softwareYou must install the printer and scanner software using the supplied CDsafter you have set up your machine and connected it to your computer.Each CD provides you with the following software:CDPrintersoftware CDWindowsContents• Printer driver: Use this driver totake full advantage of your printer’sfeatures.• PostScript Printer Description(PPD) file: Use the PostScript driverto print documents with complexfonts and graphics in the PSlanguage.• Scanner driver: TWAIN andWindows Image Acquisition (WIA)drivers are available for scanningdocuments on your machine.• Smart Panel: This program allowsyou to monitor the machine’s statusand alerts you when an error occursduring printing.• SmarThru a : This is theaccompanying Windows-basedsoftware for your multifunctionalmachine.• Network Scan: This program allowsyou to scan a document on yourmachine and save it to a networkconnectedcomputer.• Direct Printing Utility: This programallows you to print PDF files directly.CDPrintersoftware CD(Continue)NetworkUtilities CDLinuxMacintoshWindowsContents• PostScript Printer Description:Use this driver to run your machinefrom a Linux computer and printdocuments.• SANE: Use this driver to scandocuments.• Postscript Printer Description(PPD) file: Use this file to run yourmachine from a Macintosh computerand print documents.• Scan driver: TWAIN driver isavailable for scanning documents onyour machine.• SyncThru Web Admin Service:Use this web-based program toremotely manage, monitor, andtroubleshoot network printers.• SetIP: Use this program to set yourmachine’s TCP/IP addresses.• Network Printer User’s Guide inPDFa. Allows you to edit a scanned image in many ways using a powerful imageeditor and to send the image by email. You can also open another image editorprogram, like Adobe Photoshop, from SmarThru. For details, please refer to theonscreen help supplied on the SmarThru program.2.1