Tektronix 560 Memory upgrade, Advantages of adding memory, Memory Total Performance / Benefit

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Memory upgrade

The Phaser 560 printer has 8 Mbytes of standard memory. You can upgrade the printer’s memory with one or two 16- and 32-Mbyte SIMMs (for a total of 24, 40, 56, or 72 Mbytes).

Note If you are not sure which printer configuration or how much memory is installed in your printer, print the startup page from the Help Pages menu in the front panel; look for the entry for RAM Memory.

Advantages of adding memory

In general, more memory improves throughput, reduces the level of compression, provides more storage for downloadable fonts, and allows printing of the most complex images. Additional memory can also reduce offload time by increasing the size of input buffers for the I/O ports.

Specifically, more memory provides support for the Phaser Copystation.

Memory configurations for the Phaser 560 printer

Memory	Total	Performance / Benefit
	memory
Standard	8 Mbytes	Base configuration supports Fast Monochrome, Fast Color,
		Presentation, and Standard print modes.
Add one 16-Mbyte SIMM	24 Mbytes	Increases frame buffer size, I/O buffers, and virtual memory. Improves
		throughput. Full frame buffer for Standard mode.
		Minimum requirement for Premium mode printing (with Extended
		Features); Letter-size copies on the Phaser Copystation.
Add one 32-Mbyte SIMM	40 Mbytes	Increases frame buffer size, I/O buffers and virtual memory — two full
(Included with the		frame buffers for Standard mode, one full frame buffer for Premium
		mode (Premium mode requires the Extended Features configuration).
FX option)
		Minimum requirement for Legal-size copies on the
		Phaser Copystation.
Add one 16-Mbyte SIMM	56 Mbytes	Increases the size of caches, buffers, and virtual memory to reduce the
and one 32-Mbyte SIMM		amount of time required to transfer large images and to process
		multiple jobs.
Add two 32-Mbyte SIMMs	72 Mbytes	1200 x 1200 dpi without compression guarantees the fastest
	(max.)	throughput and best image quality.

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