Introduction - Canon IR5000 - iR B/W Laser Driver Manual

Introduction

The Canon PCL5e and PCL 6 Printer drivers and Fax driver give users of Microsoft Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows NT
NT4.0/2000) operating systems the ability to make full use of the printer. The printer driver allows
you to print documents from any Windows application to your printer using Hewlett-Packard's
PCL5e or PCL 6 data format. If your printer is equipped with the optional fax subsystem, the fax
driver allows you to access the fax device.
In Windows 95/98/NT4.0/2000 environments, you can use both printer drivers. The PCL 6 printer
driver is recommended for printing image data. The PCL5e printer driver is recommended for
printing text data.
IMPORTANT
• The PCL5e printer driver is available for imageRUNNER 6000/5000, iR3250, imageRUNNER 600/550/60,
imageRUNNER 400/330, imageRUNNER 210, GP225/GP200, GP215/GP200 and GP55/GP30. The PCL
6 printer driver is available only for imageRUNNER 6000/5000 and iR3250.
• Three versions are provided for each PCL5e and PCL 6 driver, one for Windows 95/98, one for Windows
NT4.0 and one for Winsows 2000. Use the driver for the version of Windows you are using.
• The PCL5e printer driver for Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000 are available for GP55/GP30.
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Version 4.0 or Windows 2000 (hereafter called Windows 95/98/