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I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, you can
always see that is specified a processor and ram. For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and 4mb of ram (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what does it mean? I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do whit these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? thanks in advance  ps: excuse my english but I'm italian and I don't speak english very well... |
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Your english is very good! Much better than my Italian
 )The cpu speed isn't very important. The printer manufacturers usually provide enough cpu speed to keep up with the speed of the print engine. The memory size can be important. The memory is used to store font data and to store the pages to be printed. A page of graphics can be several megabytes, so 4MB of memory is very small. 64 MB should be sufficient for most anything, although large, complex graphics jobs might print a little faster with more memory. A text printing job with many different fonts might also benifit from more memory. Don "Giuseppe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:uTfsc.234052$(E-Mail Removed)... > I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, you can > always see that is specified a processor and ram. > For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and 4mb of ram > (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what does it mean? > I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do whit > these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? > > thanks in advance > > > ps: excuse my english but I'm italian and I don't speak english very well... > > |
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> Your english is very good! Much better than my Italian )> > The cpu speed isn't very important. The printer manufacturers usually > provide enough cpu speed to keep up with the speed of the print > engine. > > The memory size can be important. The memory is used to store font > data and to store the pages to be printed. A page of graphics can > be several megabytes, so 4MB of memory is very small. 64 MB should > be sufficient for most anything, although large, complex graphics > jobs might print a little faster with more memory. A text printing > job with many different fonts might also benifit from more memory. > > Don > > > "Giuseppe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message > news:uTfsc.234052$(E-Mail Removed)... >> I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, >> you can always see that is specified a processor and ram. >> For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and 4mb >> of ram (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what does >> it mean? >> I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do >> whit these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? >> >> thanks in advance >> >> >> ps: excuse my english but I'm italian and I don't speak english very >> well... Not necesarilly. If printer is GDI type(as most newer models are), then it means that it uses CPU from PC and as such it needs fast CPU in order to print large prints, like graphics. Old lasers were constructed so that they loaded entire page into internal memory before actual print (and as such they needed BIG memory, like 32 or 64 M to do that!!!). Newer models uses PC memory and CPU to do that. As a result , they don't need do big internal memory. In short, GDI printers ar stupid ones, as they doesn't contain any decent process unit, but they entirely rely on your PC. So, if you have too slow PC, your print may not be printed succesfully. IN these printers internal memory is used just like buffer, similar as in CDRW drives. They doesn't actually load entire image into it. Note that data transfer is far too slow to transfer image as fast as laser printer can print one page. |
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In article <uTfsc.234052$(E-Mail Removed)>, Giuseppe wrote:
> I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, you can > always see that is specified a processor and ram. > For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and 4mb of ram > (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what does it mean? > I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do whit > these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? > > thanks in advance > These printers can have higher resolution which simply needs more memory (by square), use postscript or are simply office's printers with duplex (twice memory needed) and many documents in memory. simply 4mb is fine for printer with 600dpi without duplex and postscript. Jan |
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Oh. I assumed that the "CPU speed" referred to the CPU in the printer. If
it referred to the CPU/memory requirements for the computer to which it's connected, then you're right. But a fair amount of memory in the printer will still speed up the operation, particularly when accessing the printer over the network. BTW, not all new laser printers are GDI, not even most of them. Only the low-cost lines are, I believe. I don't know of any high-end or network printers that are GDI. Don "SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:uprsc.3605$(E-Mail Removed)... > Don typed: > > > Your english is very good! Much better than my Italian )> > > > The cpu speed isn't very important. The printer manufacturers usually > > provide enough cpu speed to keep up with the speed of the print > > engine. > > > > The memory size can be important. The memory is used to store font > > data and to store the pages to be printed. A page of graphics can > > be several megabytes, so 4MB of memory is very small. 64 MB should > > be sufficient for most anything, although large, complex graphics > > jobs might print a little faster with more memory. A text printing > > job with many different fonts might also benifit from more memory. > > > > Don > > > > > > "Giuseppe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message > > news:uTfsc.234052$(E-Mail Removed)... > >> I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, > >> you can always see that is specified a processor and ram. > >> For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and 4mb > >> of ram (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what does > >> it mean? > >> I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do > >> whit these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? > >> > >> thanks in advance > >> > >> > >> ps: excuse my english but I'm italian and I don't speak english very > >> well... > > Not necesarilly. If printer is GDI type(as most newer models are), then it > means that it uses CPU from PC and as such it needs fast CPU in order to > print large prints, like graphics. Old lasers were constructed so that they > loaded entire page into internal memory before actual print (and as such > they needed BIG memory, like 32 or 64 M to do that!!!). Newer models uses PC > memory and CPU to do that. As a result , they don't need do big internal > memory. In short, GDI printers ar stupid ones, as they doesn't contain any > decent process unit, but they entirely rely on your PC. So, if you have too > slow PC, your print may not be printed succesfully. IN these printers > internal memory is used just like buffer, similar as in CDRW drives. They > doesn't actually load entire image into it. Note that data transfer is far > too slow to transfer image as fast as laser printer can print one page. > > |
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thank you for the compliment and for the explanation
"Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio news:(E-Mail Removed)... > Your english is very good! Much better than my Italian )> > The cpu speed isn't very important. The printer manufacturers usually > provide enough cpu speed to keep up with the speed of the print engine. > > The memory size can be important. The memory is used to store font data and > to store the pages to be printed. A page of graphics can be several > megabytes, so 4MB of memory is very small. 64 MB should be sufficient for > most anything, although large, complex graphics jobs might print a little > faster with more memory. A text printing job with many different fonts > might also benifit from more memory. > > Don > > > "Giuseppe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message > news:uTfsc.234052$(E-Mail Removed)... > > I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, you can > > always see that is specified a processor and ram. > > For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and 4mb of > ram > > (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what does it mean? > > I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do whit > > these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? > > > > thanks in advance > > > > > > ps: excuse my english but I'm italian and I don't speak english very > well... > > > > > > |
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> Oh. I assumed that the "CPU speed" referred to the CPU in the > printer. If it referred to the CPU/memory requirements for the > computer to which it's connected, then you're right. But a fair > amount of memory in the printer will still speed up the operation, > particularly when accessing the printer over the network. BTW, not > all new laser printers are GDI, not even most of them. Only the > low-cost lines are, I believe. I don't know of any high-end or > network printers that are GDI. > > Don > I think you're right about that. Only low-cost ones are (of course) stupid ones... > > "SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message > news:uprsc.3605$(E-Mail Removed)... >> Don typed: >> >>> Your english is very good! Much better than my Italian )>>> >>> The cpu speed isn't very important. The printer manufacturers >>> usually provide enough cpu speed to keep up with the speed of the >>> print engine. >>> >>> The memory size can be important. The memory is used to store font >>> data and to store the pages to be printed. A page of graphics can >>> be several megabytes, so 4MB of memory is very small. 64 MB should >>> be sufficient for most anything, although large, complex graphics >>> jobs might print a little faster with more memory. A text printing >>> job with many different fonts might also benifit from more memory. >>> >>> Don >>> >>> >>> "Giuseppe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message >>> news:uTfsc.234052$(E-Mail Removed)... >>>> I noticed that when you look at the datasheet of a laser printer, >>>> you can always see that is specified a processor and ram. >>>> For example, the printer that I want to buy, has a 66mhz cpu and >>>> 4mb of ram (4mb is the max ammount of ram for this printer), what >>>> does it mean? >>>> I see that there're some laser printer with 64mb ram, what can i do >>>> whit these 64mb printer that i can't do whit a 4mb printer? >>>> >>>> thanks in advance >>>> >>>> >>>> ps: excuse my english but I'm italian and I don't speak english >>>> very well... >> >> Not necesarilly. If printer is GDI type(as most newer models are), >> then it means that it uses CPU from PC and as such it needs fast CPU >> in order to print large prints, like graphics. Old lasers were >> constructed so that they loaded entire page into internal memory >> before actual print (and as such they needed BIG memory, like 32 or >> 64 M to do that!!!). Newer models uses PC memory and CPU to do that. >> As a result , they don't need do big internal memory. In short, GDI >> printers ar stupid ones, as they doesn't contain any decent process >> unit, but they entirely rely on your PC. So, if you have too slow >> PC, your print may not be printed succesfully. IN these printers >> internal memory is used just like buffer, similar as in CDRW drives. >> They doesn't actually load entire image into it. Note that data >> transfer is far too slow to transfer image as fast as laser printer >> can print one page. |
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