Oce 3165 - Page 73

Installing the Océ 3165 as a printer 73
Furthermore, a printer driver converts a document into printer commands and
is therefore needed to print from an application to a printer. There are several
printer command languages, for example HP-PCL and PostScript.
As the Océ 3165 is a PCL printer, it needs data written in PCL to be able to
print it. So, you need the Océ 3165 PCL printer driver to translate the pages of
your document into PCL and to send the PCL data thus created to the printer.
Additionally, the Océ 3165 can also be equipped with a PostScript interpreter.
Then, the machine is able to interpret PostScript commands as well, which
means that the machine can also be used as a PostScript printer. The Océ 3165
PRO is standard equipped with the PostScript interpreter.
Types of drivers Océ has developed a PCL and a PostScript printer driver for
the most popular environments, being Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and
Windows NT4.0.
Users with Windows NT3.5 and MAC workstations can use the Océ 3165 PPD
(PostScript Printer Description) file, together with a standard PostScript
printer driver which is supplied with your system software (see ‘Installing the
Océ 3165 PPD (PS only)’ on page 78), provided the printer is equipped with a
PostScript interpreter (optional for Network Copiers, standard on PRO
configurations). On Windows 95 and NT4.0 you can also use the PPD file.
So, whether you need to install the Océ 3165 printer driver or the PPD-file
depends on the operating system you are using and the printer language which
is being used on your Océ 3165. See the table below.
The advantage of using the Océ 3165 printer driver is that it fully supports the
Océ 3165 functionality. It has an easy to use user interface (most frequently
used functions directly accessible) and it includes help information supplied
by Océ. And, last but not least, when users are to prepare print files to be
printed by a central operator, the necessary job information (also called Océ
ticket information) included in the print file can be visualized in the Job
Océ 3165
PCL5
printer driver
Océ 3165 PPD file
(PostScript only)
Océ 3165
PostScript
printer driver
Windows 3.x xx
Windows ‘95 x (x) x
Windows NT 3.5x x
Windows NT 4.0 x (x) x
Macintosh x