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Cyberview scanner and thermal printer - Installation and User Manual 15 October 2007
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3. Installing Printer and Scanner Software
3.1 Supported platforms
For simplicity, throughout this document the two types of supported scanner and printer are referred to
as: ECP printer and ECP scanner, and USB printer and USB scanner depending on the device‟s
connection type.
Platform support for the ECP printer and scanner drivers
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows ME
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP.
Platform support for the USB printer and scanner drivers
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP.
3.1.1 Processor requirements
Scanner and printer software is highly optimised and requires very low CPU overhead. The choice of a
suitable target system depends upon the level of image processing required and whether you intend to
create complex high-level image processing applications. For a basic and automatic bet entry slip (90
mm x 210mm) with traditional mark sense boxes, a low-spec processor is adequate.
3.1.2 Memory
The required DRAM memory size depends upon:
the physical size of the scanned document,
the resolution and number of bits-per-pixel chosen,
the size of the high-level application binary software.
The required permanent storage depends upon:
the size of the high-level application binary software,
the use or not of compression techniques,
the need to store two images of the binary software so that it is possible to revert to the
previous version for reasons of fault-tolerance when downloading updates.
3.1.3 Minimum specification
For evaluation or software development, the minimum configuration recommended is an Intel
Pentium® 100MHz with 32 Mbytes DRAM, and Windows 95 or 98. With such a configuration, all of the
scanner capabilities can be exercised.