QMS 2025 Administrator's Manual page 109

The same is true for managing the memory on your printer. There is
no single correct way for everyone to allocate printer memory. By
evaluating your specific printing needs, you may find a way to config-
ure your printer memory that is more efficient for you than the factory
default settings. For example, if you use a large number of PostScript
fonts of various point sizes, you may want to increase the amount of
memory allocated to the area specified for PostScript fonts. Or you
may want to increase memory to the area that minimizes slowdowns
when collating large print jobs.
Memory configuration affects these things as well as the number of
jobs that can be accepted by the printer, the number of options avail-
able simultaneously, the number of downloadable fonts and emula-
tions that can be stored, and overall printer performance.
Before you can configure your printer's memory efficiently, you must
understand the different types of memory and how they work
together. QMS Crown documentation uses the following memory
terms:
Memory—Memory allows your printer to store and retrieve informa-
tion. It is the space within your printer where information is stored
while being actively worked on.
Memory Clients—A memory client is a specific printer function that
has a dedicated block of memory. Each memory client controls cer-
tain features. When insufficient memory is allocated to a specific cli-
ent, the features it controls may not be accessible.
Excess Memory —The memory remaining after providing all the
memory clients with their specified amounts of memory is automati-
cally added to the Display List client. When memory is needed for
other clients, it can be removed from Display List and reallocated.
Storage—Storage is a device in or on which information can be kept.
There are three main types of storage — ROM, RAM and hard disks.