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3. The other half of the remaining memory is called float memory
and it may be used by any interface that needs to spool additional
data, but has exceeded its allocation. Interfaces have access to
float memory on a first-in-first-out basis, only when it is
available and not being used.
See the “Administration / Disk Operations / Spool Overflow”
section, later in this chapter for information on spool overflow to
a hard disk.
K Mem for PS Heap ( 5 dig its, d ef a ult 015 36, ra nge
01024-08192)
Number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to the dynamic
requirements of the PostScript emulation interpreter. This client
holds downloaded PostScript emulation fonts and operators.
K Mem PS Fonts (5 digits, default 00256; range 00128-08192)
Number of kilobytes of RAM dedicated to caching bitmap
representations of PostScript fonts which have been scaled
previously to reduce the number of times the fonts must be
converted from outline to bitmap form. This client is listed as Font
Cache on the status page.
K Mem Emulation (5 digits, default 00448; range 00448-08192)
Number of kilobytes of RAM to be used by non-PostScript
emulations for temporary storage and for loading optional
emulations. If you receive an emulation error, you may need to
increase the amount of memory for this client.
K Mem Emul Temp ( 5 digits; de f ault 00224; ra nge
00224-08192)
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