Installing The Scanner Driver; System Requirements - Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 Getting Started

Installing the Scanner Driver

To scan and enable the computer to receive data from the scanner, you need to install a scanner driver (Color Network
ScanGear) on the computer. Also, you need to select a scanner with the ScanGear Tool.
The scanner driver is installed from the same User Software CD-ROM as the printer driver.
■ Color Network ScanGear
These are scanner drivers that are called from TWAIN-compatible applications. Originals are scanned using these drivers.
Examples of applications that support TWAIN include the following.
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc. in Office 2000 or later

System Requirements

The following system environments are necessary in order to use the scanner driver.
■ Software:
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Operating Systems:
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows 7
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Applications:
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- TWAIN-compatible applications (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc. in Office 2000
or later)
■ Hardware:
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Computer
- Any computer that can run the supported systems
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Hard disk space
- Any hard disk with the capacity required to operate the compatible operating systems
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Main memory
- Any memory with the capacity required to operate the compatible operating systems
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A display with a resolution of at least 640 x 480 (800 x 600 or more recommended) and capable of displaying at least 256
colors.
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A network host adapter capable TCP/IP and UDP/IP communication on an Ethernet network.
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Installing the Scanner Driver