Ricoh Aficio AP2700 - Manual (Page 21)

Printer Features
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Printer Drivers for Your Printer
Printing requires installation of a printer driver for your operating system. The
following drivers are included in the CD-ROM that comes with this printer.
*1 Microsoft Windows 95 operating system
*2 Microsoft Windows 98 operating system
*3 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups operating system Version 3.1/3.11
*4 Microsoft Windows NT Server network operating system Version 4.0, Microsoft
Windows NT Workstation operating system Version 4.0 in a computer using a x86
processor.
*5 Requires system 7.1 or later operating system.
*6 Requires Service Pack 3 or later.
*7 The Adobe PostScript printer drivers and PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files
are included in the CD-ROM.
❖ PCL Printer Drivers
Printer drivers allow the computer to communicate with the printer using a
printer language. Two kinds of PCL printer drivers, PCL 6 and PCL 5e, are
included in the CD-ROM. We recommend PCL 6 as your first choice. Howev-
er, some of your applications might require installation of the PCL 5e printer
driver. In this case, you might configure to install and print by using PCL 5e
in addition to PCL 6.
Reference
For more information on installing the PCL 6/5e printer driver, see “In-
stalling the Printer Driver and Software” in the “Setup Guide”.
❖ Adobe PostScript Printer Drivers and PPD Files
The Adobe PostScript printer drivers and the PPD files are included in the
CD-ROM that comes with this printer. The Adobe PostScript printer driver
allows the computer to communicate with the printer using a printer lan-
guage. The PPD files allow the printer driver to enable printer specific func-
tions.
Reference
For more information on installing the PostScript printer driver, see the
“Setup Guide”.
Printer Language PCL 5e PCL 6 PostScript 3
Operating system
Windows 95 *1
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Windows 98 *2
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Windows 3.1x *3
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Windows NT 4.0 *4
√ √ √ *6 *7
Macintosh *5 √ *7