Introduction (PCL Printer Driver) (FAX-L3000IP Only)

The Canon PCL5e and PCL6 printer drivers enable users of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows 7 to print from any Windows application and make full use of their Canon printers. (Although the machines supported by these printer drivers have multiple functions, they will be referred to as "printers" in this guide.)

Canon provides you with three types of printer drivers: Hewlett-Packard's PCL (Printer Control Language) printer driver, which includes the PCL5e, and PCL6 printer drivers, and Canon's UFR II (Ultra Fast Rendering II) printer driver.

  • PCL

The PCL5e and PCL6 printer drivers can be used with most kinds of business application software. The PCL5e printer driver is for black-and-white printers, and the PCL6 printer driver is for both colour and black-and-white printers. PCL6 is an advanced version of PCL5e, and offers superior printing quality and speed. The PCL5e printer driver is provided as standard with black-and-white printers.

  • UFR II

Using the UFR II printer driver, the various data processing tasks conventionally executed within the printer are appropriately divided between the host PC and the printer to greatly reduce the overall printing time. The workload can be delegated to match the output data, thus realizing a significant increase in speed through optimization.


Remark
  • The available printer drivers may vary, depending on the machine and the version of Windows that you are using.