HP LaserJet Enterprise P3015 HP LaserJet P3010 Series - Software Technical Ref - Page 184
Supported operating systems for Macintosh, Macintosh system requirements
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Supported operating systems for Macintosh The product supports the following Macintosh operating systems: ● Mac OS X V10.3.9, V10.4, V10.5 and later NOTE: For Mac OS X V10.4 and later, PPC and Intel Core Processor Macs are supported. Macintosh system requirements ● PowerPC G3, G4, G5, or Intel Core processor ● 256 MB RAM ● 32 MB of available hard-disk space ● CD-ROM drive or Internet connection Macintosh printing-system software The printing-system software for Macintosh is composed of an HP-created postscript (PS) printer definition file (PPD) and a Printer Dialog Extension (PDE) file that work together with the Macintosh OS printing system. These files are used by the Macintosh OS printing system to determine default printerdriver settings and to allow the user to select between the various print options and settings. An HPsupplied Macintosh printer configuration utility is provided, which allows the user to access the HP Embedded Web Server (HP EWS) for additional configuration and product status monitoring. The following are provided on the printing-system CD: ● The HP LaserJet Installer for Macintosh ● Install notes (Readme file) The following components are installed by the HP LaserJet Installer for Macintosh: ● HP LaserJet P3010 Series PPD ● HP LaserJet P3010 Series PDE ● HP USB EWS Gateway ● HP Printer Utility HP LaserJet P3010 Series PPD A postscript printer description (PPD) file is a text file that contains keywords and other information to specify printer features, options, and settings. PPD files are created by printer vendors for a specific postscript printer or printer family. PPD files are created by printer vendors to describe the set of printer features available for their postscript printers. On the Macintosh, PPD files provide all the information necessary to describe a postscript printer's features, including options and default settings. They also contain the postscript code used to invoke those features. Macintosh 166 Chapter 5 Macintosh software and utilities ENWW