The machine is equipped with a full color printing function as standard. To enable printing from your computer, a printer driver must be installed.
See the table below to determine which printer driver to use in your environment.
Windows environment
Printer driver type Remarks
PCL6, PCL5c
The machine support the Hewlett-Packard PCL6 printer control languages. It is recommended that you use the PCL6 printer driver. If you have a problem printing from older software using the PCL6 printer driver, use the PCL5c printer driver.
This printer driver is used in the standard machine configuration.
PS
  • This printer driver supports the PostScript 3 page description language developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, and enables the machine to be used as a PostScript 3 compatible printer.
  • If it is desired to use the Windows standard PS printer driver, the PPD driver must be used.
The PS3 expansion kit must be installed.
  • To install the printer driver and configure settings in a Windows environment, see "2. SETUP IN A WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT" in the Software Setup Guide.
  • The Operation Guide (PC) mainly uses PCL6 printer driver screens to explain how to print in a Windows environment. The printer driver screens may differ slightly depending on the printer driver you are using.
Macintosh environment
Printer driver type Remarks
PS
This printer driver supports the PostScript 3 page description language developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, and uses a PPD file to enable the machine to be used as a PostScript 3 compatible printer.
The PS3 expansion kit must be installed.
  • In a Macintosh environment, the PS3 expansion kit must be installed to use the machine as a network printer.
  • To install the printer driver and configure settings in a Macintosh environment, see "3. SETUP IN A MACINTOSH ENVIRONMENT" in the Software Setup Guide.