Below are the system requirements that are necessary to install and run LPD.
     
  Minimum Requirements Recommended
Operating System: Windows 98/NT4 or newer Windows XP (32 Bit Vista Compatible).*** NOTE *** LPD has been tested on Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT4 SP4, Windows 2000 SP3, Windows XP 32 bit, Windows XP 64 bit, and Windows Vista 32 bit and MAC OS X using emulator - see note below.
     
Memory: 64 MB 512 MB +
     
Available Hard Drive Space: 100 MB 4 GB +
     
Printer: Windows Compatible Inkjet Windows Compatible Inkjet/Laserjet/Plotter
     
Video Card: VGA 640x480 w/256 colors SVGA 1024x768 (or better) 16/32 bit colors
     
I/O: Keyboard/Mouse Keyboard/ Wheel Mouse
     
Internet: Not required Not required but Broadband is recommended to download LPD program updates
     
Network: None None for stand alone installation. Windows Based Network (NT4/2000/2003) or Netware 3/4/5 for shared network installations. Not compatible with Netware NSS file system so Netware 6 is not supported. Netware 5 using NSS is also not supported.
Note for Mac Users: We have recently tested LPD on an Intel based Macintosh System using Windows XP on Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMWare Fusion (as well as dual booting using Boot Camp 1.2 Beta). We also installed the latest version of MS Office and MapPoint on Windows XP in all of the mentioned enviroments and found that all works smoothly.