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Expanding Your Printing System
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Phaser 540 Color Printer
Advantages of adding memory
The following table summarizes the memory configurations for the
Phaser 540 printer:
The total amount of memory installed in the printer is reported on the
startup page and on the configuration page.
In general, more memory improves throughput, provides more storage for
downloadable fonts, and allows printing of the most complex images.
Additional memory can also reduce offload time by increasing the size of
input buffers for the I/O ports. Adding a 16-Mbyte SIMM to a Phaser 540
provides the following specific benefits:
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Larger I/O buffers (increases from 256 Kbytes to 1 Mbyte)
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Improved imaging performance
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Improved network performance
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Additional Virtual Memory
Memory configurations for the Phaser 540 printer
Memory Total
memory
Performance / Benefit
Standard
20 Mbytes
Fast and Standard print modes.
Add one 16-Mbyte SIMM
36 Mbytes
Doubles the size of the frame buffers to
reduce the time required to render images.
Minimum requirement for Enhanced mode
printing.
Add two 16-Mbyte SIMMs
52 Mbytes
(max.)
Increases the size of caches, buffers, and
virtual memory to reduce the amount of
time required to transfer large images and
to process multiple jobs.
