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Spool (Simultaneous Print Operations On Line)
Spooling is temporary storage to hold print jobs until the printer is
available to process them.
Evaluation of Your Printing Environment
The first step in allocating your printer’s memory is to define your
printing needs. Each of your printer’s features requires a minimum
amount of memory. If you use a feature, you must allocate enough
memory to the client which controls it. On the other hand, if there
are features you do not use, you can move excess memory in the
clients which control the unused features to other clients that need
additional memory.
Evaluation Questions
To get a better idea of what your printing requirements and your
printer’s capabilities are, answer the following questions:
1. How much RAM does your printer have (standard and
additional memory)?
2. Do you have the option of installing additional memory if it
is needed?
3. Does your printer have an internal hard disk? If so, what size?
4. Does your printer have any external hard disks connected? If
so, how many and what size?
5. Which resident emulations will you be running?
6. Will you be loading any non-resident emulations to memory?
If so, how many and which ones?
Appendix F
F - 6 A d d i t i o n a l T e c h n i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n