USER’S GUIDE

INPUT BUFFER

You can increase or decrease the capacity of the input buffer with the or button in this mode menu. A larger capacity allows the printer to receive data from the computer faster.

Note

If the printer reports a memory full error, reduce the capacity of the input buffer.

Display Message

Input Buffer

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The more squares, the larger the capacity

❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏❏

of the input buffer. The squares indicate

:

the capacity but not the size in

:

Mbytes since this depends on the total

memory

installed in the printer.

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The capacity can be set to 15 levels.

(Factory setting =❏❏❏❏❏)

After you change the input buffer capacity (make sure you press the Set button), be sure to turn off the printer and then turn it on again. The setting takes effect when you turn the printer back on.

Notes

The set capacity is not changed even if the emulation mode is changed.

The actual capacity of the input buffer varies according to the installed RAM. If the RAM capacity is small, the input buffer capacity may not be increased.

Installed memory

16M

32M

112M

1 square

30KB

30KB

30KB

5 squares

0.9MB

4.3MB

21.4MB

15 squares

3.0MB

15.0MB

75.0MB

The Input buffer size increases proportionally.

Fig. 4-7 Input buffer size

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