Xerox 4520mp manual Printer Settings that Affect Memory, Option Description, Protection Off

Printer Settings that Affect Memory

P r i n t e r S e t t i n g s t h a t A f f e c t M e m o r y

Certain PCL Menu and PostScript Menu options affect the printer’s performance and memory usage, as described in “PCL Menu” (page 3-15)and “PostScript Menu” (page 3-29).

Figure 3.23 provides more detailed information on these options.

Figure 3.23 PCL and PostScript Menu options that affect performance and memory usage

Option	Description
Page Protection	When a page is particularly complex with graphics or dense text, the printer
PCL Menu (page 3-26)	may not be able to process it rapidly enough to keep up with normal
	printing operations. Data may be lost or one page may be split on multiple
	pages.
	Page protection is a technique that reserves memory to ensure the entire
	page can be created and printed before the actual printing process. The
	tradeoff in performance is matched by the certainty that an entire complex
	page may be printed.
	Page Protection is related to Resolution (page 3-27 for PCL, page 3-35
	for PostScript, and page 3-70) since the amount of memory needed for a
	page depends on its resolution. The higher the resolution, the more
	memory needed. See Figure 3.24 (page 3-72)for memory requirements.
	Your software application may change the Page Protection level (e.g.,
	from Legal to Letter). When that occurs, the printer’s memory is
	reconfigured. Downloaded fonts and macros may be cleared from memory
	unless State Saving (page 3-28 for PCL, page 3-37 for PostScript, and
	page 3-71) is set.
	If any request for memory cannot be satisfied, you will be notified on the
	Control Panel.
	If you frequently see the following error message
	Page Too Complex
	you may want to set Page Protection to be able to print the entire page.
	Otherwise, if you do not see frequent warning messages, set Page
	Protection Off.

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