Memory
is distributed. Your printer comes with 32 MB of RAM, but it is upgradable to 128 MB by adding Single
RAM Disk
Also called a virtual disk, the RAM disk is an area of RAM that is used to simulate an additional hard disk. Data can be written and read more quickly than on a hard disk, but a RAM disk loses any information stored on it when the printer's power is turned off. The spooling buffer is a RAM disk client if a hard disk is not available.
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
The printer’s SCSI port allows you to connect up to three optional SCSI hard disks and the optional CrownCopy scanner, providing storage for fonts, emulations, and other files. Hard disks are also used to increase the amount of collation that can be accepted and provide a secondary storage area for spooled data, while providing virtual memory capabilities.
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
The standard internal hard disk. “Integrated” refers to the fact that all of the controller electronics are on the drive itself, so no separate adapter card or expansion slot is required.
Volatile Memory
This type of memory is cleared when the printer is turned off. For example, most RAM is volatile.
This type of memory is not lost when the printer loses power.
NV RAM
This protected form of RAM is used to store information such as your printer’s configuration menu. Configuration options you have chosen, such as emulations, memory settings, and input bins, are saved to this
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