3.1 <Software overview>3 Software overviewThis chapter gives you an overview of the software that comes with yourmachine. Further details about installing and using the software areexplained in the Software 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:CD ContentsPrintersoftware CDWindows• Printer driver: Use this driver totake full advantage of your printer’sfeatures.• 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.• SmarThrua: This is theaccompanying Windows-basedsoftware for your multifunctionalmachine.• Network Scan: This program allowsyou to scan a document on yourmachine and save it to a network-connected computer.• User’s Guide in PDFLinux• Printer driver: Use this driver to runyour machine from a Linuxcomputer and print documents.• SANE: Use this driver to scandocuments.• Smart Panel: This program allowsyou to monitor the machine’s statusand alerts you when an error occursduring printing.Printer driver featuresYour printer drivers support the following standard features:• Paper orientation, size, source and media type selection• Number of copiesIn addition, you can use various special printing features. The followingtable shows a general overview of features supported by your printerdrivers:Printersoftware CD(continued)Macintosh• Printer driver: Use this driver to runyour machine from a Macintosh.• Scanner driver: TWAIN driver isavailable for scanning documentson your machine.• Smart Panel: This program allowsyou to monitor the machine’s statusand alerts you when an error occursduring printing.networkutilities CDWindows• SyncThru™ Web Admin Service:Use this web-based program toremotely manage, monitor, andtroubleshoot network printers.• Set IP: 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 image edi-tor and to send the image by email. You can also open another image editorprogram, like Adobe Photoshop, from SmarThru. For details, please refer tothe onscreen help supplied on the SmarThru program.Feature Printer DriverWindows Macintosh LinuxPrint quality option O O OMultiple pages persheet (N-up) O O O (2, 4)Poster printing O X XBooklet Printing O X XFit to page printing O O XScale printing O O XDifferent source forfirst page O O XWatermark O X XOverlay O X XCD Contents