HP 5M manual Printer Memory and PostScript Printing, Requirement Dpi Simplex Dpi Duplex

Printer Memory and PostScript Printing

The HP LaserJet 5M printer comes with Adobe PostScript Level 2 and 6 MBytes of installed memory.

Table 5-1 shows the total memory required to print a letter/A4 or legal size page and to use the I/O Buffering and Resource Saving features. (For an explanation of I/O Buffering and Resource Saving, see “How Your Printer Uses Memory” in Appendix D.) Print a self test page to determine current printer memory (see “Printing a PostScript Configuration Page” later in this chapter for printing instructions).

Table 5-1	PostScript Printing Memory Recommendations
Requirement		300 dpi Simplex*	300 dpi Duplex*	600 dpi Simplex	600 dpi Duplex
Letter/A4		6 MBytes	6 MBytes	6 MBytes	10 MBytes
Legal		6 MBytes	6 MBytes	6 MBytes	12 MBytes
I/O Buffering		6 MBytes	12 MBytes	6 MBytes	12 MBytes
Resource Saving		8 MBytes	13 MBytes	8 MBytes	13 MBytes

*If you are printing complex PostScript graphics files in 300 dpi and want increased performance, you may need more memory.

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