Printing_ 1377.printingThis chapter explains common printing tasks.This chapter includes:• System requirements• Introducing useful software programs• Printer driver features• Basic printing• Opening printing preferences• Using help• Setting Device Options• Using special print features• Using direct printing utility• Changing the default print settings• Setting your machine as a default machine• Printing to a file (PRN)• Macintosh printing• Linux printing• UNIX PrintingThe procedures in this chapter are mainly based on Windows XP.System requirementsBefore you begin, ensure that your system meets the followingrequirements:WindowsYour machine supports the following Windows operating systems.• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher is the minimum requirement for allWindows operating systems.• Users who have an administrator right can install the software.• Windows Terminal Service is compatable with this machine.MacintoshLinux• It is necessary to claim swap partition of 300 MB or larger forworking with large scanned images.• The Linux scanner driver supports the optical resolution atmaximum.OPERATINGSYSTEMRequirement (recommended)CPU RAM free HDDspaceWindows 2000 Pentium II 400 MHz(Pentium III 933 MHz)64 MB(128 MB)600 MBWindows XP Pentium III 933 MHz(Pentium IV 1 GHz)128 MB(256 MB)1.5 GBWindowsServer 2003Pentium III 933 MHz(Pentium IV 1 GHz)128 MB(512 MB)1.25 GB to2 GBWindowsServer 2008Pentium IV 1 GHz(Pentium IV 2 GHz)512 MB(2 GB)10 GBWindowsVistaPentium IV 3 GHz 512 MB(1 GB)15 GBWindows 7 Pentium IV 1 GHz 32-bitor 64-bit processor orhigher1 GB(2 GB)16 GB• Support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory(to enable the Aero theme).• DVD-R/W DriveWindowsServer 2008R2Pentium IV 1 GHz (x86)or 1.4 GHz (x64)processors (2GHz orfaster)512 MB(2 GB)10 GBOPERATINGSYSTEMRequirements (recommended)CPU RAM free HDDspaceMac OS X10.5• IntelProcessors• 867 MHz orfaster PowerPC G4/ G5512 MB (1 GB) 1 GBMac OS X10.6• IntelProcessors1 GB (2 GB) 1 GBItem RequirementsOperatingsystemRedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4, 5 (32/64bit)Fedora Core 2~10 (32/64bit)SuSE Linux 9.1 (32bit)OpenSuSE 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0,11.1 (32/64bit)Mandrake 10.0, 10.1 (32/64bit)Mandriva 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (32/64bit)Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10 (32/64bit)SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 9, 10 (32/64bit)Debian 3.1, 4.0, 5.0 (32/64bit)CPU Pentium IV 2.4GHz (IntelCore2)RAM 512 MB (1 GB)Free HDD space 1 GB (2GB)