Specifications

Notices

This chapter includes system requirements, safety instructions, legal notices, and

other important information about your EPSON Stylus COLOR 980.

Windows System Requirements

To use your printer and its software, your system should have:

■ An IBM

compatible PC with at least a 486/25 MHz (for Windows 95 or

Windows NT

4.0) or 486/66 MHz (for Windows 98 or Windows 2000)

Pentium

or better processor

■ Microsoft

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000

■ 16MB of RAM (32MB for Windows 95 or Windows 98 recommended; 64MB

recommended for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000)

■ 50MB of free hard disk space (100MB or more recommended)

■ VGA or better display adapter and monitor

■ CD-ROM or DVD drive for installing the printer software

■ Parallel connection: a high-speed, bidirectional IEEE 1284 compliant parallel

cable, up to 10 feet long (3 meters); the cable must have a D-SUB, 25-pin, male

connector for your computer, and a 36-pin, Centronics

compatible connector

for the printer.

USB connection: a computer running Windows 98 or Windows 2000, with a

Windows-compliant USB port and a shielded USB “AB” cable up to 6.5 feet

(2 meters) long.

Using an improperly shielded USB cable—especially a cable more

than 6.5 feet (2 meters) long—may cause the printer to malfunction.

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