Printer Settings That Affect Memory - Xerox 4505/4505ps User Manual

Printer
Settings that
Affect
Memory
Figure 3.25 PCL and PostScript Menu options that affect printing speed and memory usage
Option
Page Protection
PCL Menu (page 3-26)
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 3.25 provides more detailed information on these
options.
When a page is particularly complex with graphics or dense text, the printer
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
trade-off 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 3-68) since the amount of memory needed for a
page depends on its resolution. The higher the resolution, the more
memory needed. See Figure 3.26 (page 3-69) 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 3-36 for PostScript, and
page 3-68) 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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