Memory

»Note: Chunk collation begins automatically after 50 pages regardless of how much memory is available to the display list client.

Specific Printing Environment Example

Since configuring memory is not an exact science, it may be helpful to see how others in various printing environments have allocated their printer memory to meet their printing needs best. The following examples are to be used only as a guideline for configuring your own printer's memory.

Example

A QMS 1660E Print System with 12 MB of RAM. As many as 35 people use this printer, sending text and graphics PostScript files to be printed on 8.5" x 11" (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm) and 11" x 17" (279.4 mm x 431.8 mm) media. They have configured their printer to print at 600x600 dpi.

This is what their Current Memory Configuration box on their status page looks like:

LocationSize

Host Input:

188 KB

Display List:

204 KB

Font Cache:

164 KB

Heap:

1356 KB

Framebuffer:

7852 KB

Emulation:

844 KB

Emulation Temporary:

256 KB

Disk Cache:

36 KB

System Use:

128 KB

Total Memory:

12288

PostScript Emulation VM:

1026716

VM allocated:

89940

VM remaining:

936776

Paper Size:

11" x 17"

Resolution:

600

Additional Technical Information

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