About the PostScript 3 Printer Driver

Features
Hardware requirements
System requirements

Features

The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver provides you with the following high- performance features:

• Ability to print documents formatted for PostScript printers. You can easily print text, line art, and graphics.

• Seventeen fonts in five font families. The fonts include: Courier, Helvetica, Helvetica Narrow, Symbol, and Times.

• IES (Intelligent Emulation Switch) and SPL (Shared Printer Language) support to allow the printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer.

• EPSON quality, reliability, and ease of operation.

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Hardware requirements

Your printer must meet the following hardware requirements to be able to use the PostScript 3 printer driver.

Memory requirements for using the PostScript 3 printer driver are shown below. Install optional memory modules into your printer if the amount of memory currently installed does not meet your printing needs.

Minimum memory	Recommended memory
64 MB* (for duplex printing of image data in full color at 300 dpi)	192 MB (for duplex printing of image data in full color at 600 dpi)

* Printing may not be possible with this amount of memory, depending on the specifics of the job being printed.

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System requirements

Your computer must meet the following system requirements to be able to use the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver.

For Windows

To use the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver, your computer must be running Microsoft Windows XP, Me, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0. See the following table for details.

Windows XP or 2000

There are no restrictions for these systems.

Windows Me or 98

	Minimum	Recommended
Computer	i386, i486, or Pentium processor	i486 or Pentium processor
Hard Disk	6 MB free (for driver installation)	8 MB free (for driver installation)
Memory	8 MB	16 MB

Windows NT 4.0

	Minimum	Recommended
Computer	i386, i486, or Pentium processor	i486 or Pentium processor
Hard Disk	6 MB free (for driver installation)
Memory	16 MB	32 MB

For Macintosh

Any Macintosh computer to which the printer is connected must be running Mac OS 9 ver. 9.1 or later, or Mac OS X ver. 10.2.4 or later. See the following table for details.

Mac OS X

	Minimum	Recommended
Computer	Power Mac G3, G4, G5, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3, G4, or iBook
Hard Disk	—
Memory	128 MB

Mac OS 9

	Minimum	Recommended
Computer	Power PC
Hard Disk	3.1 MB free (for driver installation)	4 MB free (for driver installation)
Memory	4 MB	32 MB

Caution:

The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver cannot be used on computers running System 9.0.x or below. The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver cannot be used on Macintosh 68K computers.

Note:

When AppleTalk is active, the printer must be set to handle ASCII or Binary data. When AppleTalk is inactive, the printer must be set to handle ASCII. For best results, you should connect the printer directly to the computer’s USB port. If multiple USB hubs must be used, we recommend that you connect the printer to the first-tier hub.

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