Memory

Minimum Frame Buffer Size for Imageable Area

The following table lists the minimum number of KB that must be devoted to the frame buffer for all media size and resolution combina- tions.

Media

Minimum Frame Buffer Size (in KB)

 

 

 

 

 

300x300 dpi

600x600 dpi

1200x600 dpi

 

 

 

 

11x17

1976

7852

15668

12x19

2428

9660

19228

 

 

 

 

A3

2052

8164

16252

A4

1004

3980

7940

A5

492

1940

3864

A6/Postcard

240

944

1860

 

 

 

 

B4

1528

6072

12076

B5

748

2964

5892

B6

372

1444

2868

 

 

 

 

Executive

788

3124

6220

 

 

 

 

Full Ledger

2164

8604

17124

 

 

 

 

Legal

1252

4968

9868

Letter

968

3848

7676

 

 

 

 

Postcard/A6

240

944

1860

 

 

 

 

Universal

2112

8400

16720

 

 

 

 

Display List

Also known as K Mem Display, this client stores compressed repre- sentations, or blocks, of the pages to be printed. It takes approximately one compressed block for a normal 8.5" x 11" (215.9 mm x

279.4mm) text page, four compressed blocks for an 8.5" x 11" (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm) page that includes some graphics, and as many as 500 compressed blocks for an extremely complex page.

Many pages of compressed blocks belonging to multiple print jobs can be stored at the same time in the display list. If enough memory is allocated to this memory client, a page can always be ready to print as soon as another page has been imaged to the print engine.

Additional Technical Information

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