3 INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS
38 Before Installation
Before Installation
This section will help you to plan an installation suited to your environment. Before installing the printer
drivers, read this section.
When the same printer drivers have been installed previously
Before updating the printer drivers, delete the existing printer drivers.
P.121 “Uninstalling Printer Drivers”
If you want to reinstall the same type of printer driver with another version, first uninstall the existing one and
restart your computer.
Type of printer drivers
Universal Printer 2 driver — Two printer drivers (PCL6 and PS3) are integrated into this Printer driver.
You can use it depending on the purposes of the applications in various usages.
Universal PS3 printer driver — This printer driver is suitable for printing from a general application, such
as a DTP application supporting PostScript.
Universal XPS printer driver — This printer driver is suitable for printing from an application developed
exclusively for Windows Vista, such as Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
The Universal Printer 2 driver allows you to use both PCL and PS3 by shifting PDL (Page
Description Language). It also allows you to print documents on other equipment of the e-STUDIO
series. For details, refer to the Printing Guide.
The Universal XPS printer driver can be installed on Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
computers, or those of Windows Server 2003 SP2 or later versions with XPS Essentials Pack
installed.
A printer description file for popular Windows applications is contained in the Install Disc. Copy the
file to a proper directory. For details, see the following page:
P.120 “Copying the PPD File for Windows”
System requirements
To install the printer drivers and other client software on a Windows computer, the following is required.
Display resolution
1024 x 768 dots or more
Display color
High Color (16bit) or higher is recommended
CPU
Pentium 133 MHz minimum (Pentium 266 MHz or faster recommended)
Memory
The required memory size for OS.
OS
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows 7 (Service Pack 1 recommended)
Windows 8
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2012
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