2.
Context Saving
allows the printer to remember information about the current data
stream when it switches back and forth from one job type (PostScript or PCL5e) to
another. (Network Printer 17 always does context saving for IPDS.) For PCL5e,
this includes information about downloaded permanent fonts, macros, and
user-defined patterns. For PostScript, this includes all of the information found in
the PostScript VM allocation.
The Memory Configuration (MEMCONFIG) Menu provides two menu items, PCL
SAVE and PS SAVE, which allow you to set context saving on or off for each data
stream. These menu items are displayed only if there is enough memory in the
printer to permit context saving. The PS SAVE menu item is displayed only if the
PostScript SIMM is installed.
Table 1. Memory Requirements
Requirement Simplex Duplex
Base configuration only
PAGEPROT=AUTO 4MB 4MB
PAGEPROT=AUTO (legal-size paper) 4MB 8MB
PAGEPROT=ON (letter-size paper) 8MB 8MB
PAGEPROT=ON (legal-size paper) 8MB 12MB
Context Saving 12MB 16MB
Base configuration with PostScript
PAGEPROT=AUTO 4MB 4MB
PAGEPROT=AUTO (legal-size paper) 4MB 8MB
PAGEPROT=ON (letter-size paper) 8MB 12MB
PAGEPROT=ON (legal-size paper) 8MB 12MB
Context Saving 12MB 16MB
Base configuration with IPDS
PAGEPROT=AUTO 8MB 8MB
PAGEPROT=AUTO (legal-size paper) 8MB 8MB
PAGEPROT=ON (letter-size paper) 8MB 12MB
PAGEPROT=ON (legal-size paper) 12MB 16MB
Context Saving 12MB 16MB
Base configuration with IPDS and PostScript
PAGEPROT=AUTO 8MB 12MB
PAGEPROT=AUTO (legal-size paper) 12MB 12MB
PAGEPROT=ON (letter-size paper) 12MB 16MB
PAGEPROT=ON (legal-size paper) 16MB 16MB
Context Saving 16MB 20MB
4Network Printer 17: User’s Guide