Memory

Memory

Your printer is shipped with either 12 MB or 24 MB of memory (RAM), but this memory can be upgraded to 64 MB. The Administration/ Memory menu allows experienced users (systems engineers and technical support staff) to custom-configure the RAM among the various memory users (or “clients”) to best meet specific printing, computing, and network needs.

This section briefly describes each of the memory clients. See chapter 5, “Additional Technical Information,” for more detailed information on the printer’s memory and what benefits, if any, may result from adding memory to each client.

To find out how memory is currently allocated, print a status page Administration/Special Pages menu) or check each client individually in the configuration menu. The printer automatically distributes added or freed memory among all of the memory clients, but it can be reallocated to specific memory clients.

»Note: Keep in mind that misallocating memory may hinder printer performance and that the print engine’s fastest speed is 16 pages per minute, no matter how you configure the memory. If you try to set a memory client below a minimum required value, the message INCORRECT VALUE appears in the control panel message window.

Disk Cache

The K Mem Disk Cache memory client is the number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the disk cache. This memory client speeds file system throughput on the hard disks, if one or more are installed, by storing frequently used data in system memory instead of continually storing it to and retrieving it from a hard disk.

Menu Administration/Memory/K Mem Disk Cache

Choices 00032-08192

Default 00036

Printer Configuration

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