HP LaserJet P3010 Series - Software Technical Reference

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Macintosh system requirements
The HP printing-system software has the following minimum system requirements for the Mac OS X
V10.3.9, V10.4, V10.5, and later operating systems:
CD-ROM
128 MB RAM
160 MB of free hard disk space
NOTE: For Mac OS V10.4 and later, PPC and Intel Core Processor Macs are supported.
Printer driver
Printer drivers provide access to product features, such as printing on custom-sized paper, resizing
documents, and inserting watermarks.
NOTE: The most recent drivers are available at www.hp.com/support/ljp3010.
Select the correct printer driver for Windows
Printer drivers provide access to the product features and allow the computer to communicate with the
product (by using a printer language). Check the installation notes and readme files on the product CD
for additional software and languages.
HP PCL 6 Printer Driver description
Recommended for printing in all Windows environments
Provides the overall best speed, print quality, and product-feature support for most users
Developed to align with the Windows Graphic Device Interface (GDI) for the best speed in Windows
environments
Might not be fully compatible with third-party and custom software programs that are based on
PCL 5
HP PostScript level 3 emulation universal printer driver description
Recommended for printing with Adobe
®
software programs or with other highly graphics-intensive
software programs
Provides support for printing from postscript level 3 emulation needs or for postscript flash font
support
Performs slightly faster than the HP PCL 6 Printer Driver driver when using Adobe software
programs
Best print compatibility between Apple Macintosh and Windows applications.
HP PCL 5 Universal Print Driver description
Recommended for general office printing in Windows environments
Compatible with previous PCL versions and older HP LaserJet products
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