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System Requirements

To use your printer with a PC
To use your printer with a Macintosh

To use your printer with a PC

To use your printer, you need Microsoft^® Windows^® Me, 98, 95, 2000, or NT^® 4.0, and a shielded, twisted-pair parallel cable. If you want to connect your printer to a USB port, you need a Windows 98 or 2000 pre-installed PC equipped with a USB port, and a shielded USB cable.

Minimum system	Recommended system
i486/25 MHz for Windows 95 and NT 4.0 i486/66 MHz for Windows 98 Pentium 133 MHz for Windows 2000 Pentium 150 MHz for Windows Me	Pentium II 450 MHz or higher processor
16 MB RAM for Windows 98, 95, and NT 4.0 32 MB RAM for Windows Me 64 MB RAM for Windows 2000	128 MB RAM or more
20 MB hard disk space for Windows Me, 98, and 95 40 MB for Windows 2000 and NT 4.0	500 MB or more free disk space
VGA monitor	VGA or better monitor

Your computer dealer can help you update your system if it does not meet these requirements.

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To use your printer with a Macintosh

To use this printer, your Apple^® Macintosh^® must meet the following system requirements. You also need a USB cable to connect this printer to Apple Macintosh computers.

Minimum system	Recommended system
PowerPC	PowerPC G3 400 MHz or higher processor
Mac OS 7.6.1	Mac OS 8.6.x or 9.x
16 MB of available memory 20 MB of available memory when background printing is turned on	42 MB or more of available memory 70 MB of available memory when background printing is turned on

Note:

The amount of available memory varies according to the number and size of applications that are open. To see how much memory is available, choose About This Macintosh from the Apple menu and refer to the memory size (listed in kilobytes) under "Largest Unused Block" (1,024 K = 1 MB).

The memory requirements above are for printing on Super A3/B size paper. These requirements may vary depending on the size of the paper, the type of application you are using, and the complexity of the document you want to print.

The available interface varies according to Macintosh system version as follows.
Network interface: 7.6.1 to 9.x
USB interface: 8.1 to 9.x
IEEE 1394 interface: 8.6.x to 9.x

In addition to these system and memory requirements, you also need 12 MB of free hard disk space to install your printer software. To print, 500 MB or more of free hard disk space is recommended.

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