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Using the PostScript Printer Driver / For Macintosh

About the PostScript Printer Driver

Hardware requirements
System requirements

The PostScript 3 printer driver provides you with the ability to print documents formatted for PostScript printers. Seventeen scalable fonts are included. IES (Intelligent Emulation Switch) and SPL (Shared Printer Language) support allow the printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer.

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
32 MB* (for a simple print job at 600 dpi)	48 MB or more

* 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.

Note:

Your computer must have a hard disk with at least 8 MB of free space.

Any Macintosh computer to which the printer is connected must be running Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, or Mac OS X ver. 10.2.4 or later.

Caution:

Do not install the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver on a computer running System 8.5 or earlier. Installing the driver on earlier systems can corrupt them.

The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver cannot be used on Macintosh 68K computers.

Note:

When printing via the USB port from a Power Macintosh running Mac 0S 8.6 or 9.x, the printer must be set to handle ASCII data. To specify this setting, select Print from the File menu of the application that you are using, and then select the name of the application from the options available in the Print dialog box. On the setup option page that appears, select ASCII for the data format setting. The actual setting name varies by application, but is often called Encoding or Data.

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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